How to prune wild nemesia

After each flowering flush; hard cut-back in early spring before new growth. Use scissors or shears to trim spent flowering stems back to a healthy lateral shoot. In early spring, cut the whole plant back to 10–15 cm from the base to encourage vigorous new growth.

Two to three cut-backs per season; one hard spring cut annually. Nemesia fruticans is a perennial subshrub that becomes woody and less floriferous without pruning. Deadhead spent flowers regularly. After each flush — typically two to three times per growing season — cut stems back by one-third to one-half to keep plants compact, bushy, and free-flowering. Hard cut-back in early spring refreshes the framework.

Use scissors or shears to trim spent flowering stems back to a healthy lateral shoot. In early spring, cut the whole plant back to 10–15 cm from the base to encourage vigorous new growth.