Cape honey flower · Fertilizing

Cape honey flower · Protea repens
Also known as: sugar bush

Under glass grow in a mix of 1 part loam with added charcoal and 3 parts equal measures of grit (or perlite) and peat substitute, in full light. Water moderately in spring and summer. Apply a liquid fertiliser of magnesium sulphate and urea, both at half recommended strength, once in spring and again in early autumn. Water sparingly in winter. Outdoors grow in poor, well-drained soil in full sun

Watering: Moderate regular watering, avoid prolonged drought and stagnant waterloggingSunlight: Full sunInformation to be completed