	height	5–8ft
	width	3–4ft
	tolerates	Moist Soil, Pots, Wind
	water needs	Moderate – High
	water info	Restios are drought-tolerant plants, but they’ll look their best if you give them weekly or bi-weekly water once established. Restios are also quite adaptable to high levels of watering, provided there is good drainage. These plants grow in seasonally dry areas of Africa, but in low swales and gullies where water tends to collect.
	hardy to	20F
	exposure	Part Sun – Full Sun
	indoor outdoor	Outdoor
	drainage	In Ground: Cactus Mix, In Pots: Cactus Mix, Tolerates Sandy Soil
	fertilizing	Acid 1/2 Strength, Bloodmeal, Fish Emulsion, Low Needs
	origin	South Africa
	california native	No
	sunset zones	14–17, 20–24

OUTDOOR EXPOSURE GUIDE

Full Sun
Six or more hours of sun beams directly landing on the plant's leaves.

Part Shade
Three to five hours of sun beams directly landing on the plant's leaves.

Part Sun
One to two hours of sun beams directly landing on the plants leaves.

Full Shade
The plant is never fully lit by sun beams, but is in a bright spot or has dappled sunbeams playing over the leaves throughout the day.

Deep Shade
The plant never has dappled light on the leaves, and is in a place that feels dim, even on a nice sunny day.

SUNSET ZONES MAP

Growing Notes

Generally thrives without fertilizer, but if you want to fertilize, use a high-nitrogen, low-phosphorus and low-potassium fertilizer such as blood meal or fish emulsion. Restio prefers lightly acidic soil; add sulfur or iron if necessary.

You can thin out older stems in late winter to keep the plant looking fresh or cut down all the stems to the ground before new shoots arrive in spring. Avoid pruning the stems halfway down; this won’t hurt the plant, but it won’t look its best.

Special Interest

Stems become nodding and fountain-like in the summer, under heavy blooms.

Plants are dioecious (male and female on separate plants), though the flowers look very similar.

Elegia capensis

Growing Notes

Special Interest