Cut splendid notches »This is how you do it right

The removal of wilted plant parts before winter

If you are visually bothered by the slowly wilting flowers after the splendid gap has bloomed, you can cut the plants back to the green leaves. But leave this until wintering on the plants, as they can still recharge their batteries and only wilt later. Wilted flowers and leaves should be cut off with a sharp knife in early spring at the latest so that the young shoots receive enough light and have space for their development. If the splendor notch is cut regularly, this promotes a bushy appearance of older specimens on a consistent one Location. In addition, cutting out the withered flowers after the seeds have ripened, collecting the fresh seeds with the resulting cut material.

The pruning of splendid notches cultivated in the bucket

In the case of specimens of the splendid slit cultivated in the bucket, it is advisable to cut back the slices before winter Plant down to a few centimeters above the ground, so that the plants are better placed in a protective cover the end

Garden fleece or bubble wrap. These flowering plants usually tolerate it without any problems if individual flowers are cut off as cut flowers for the vase. Should there be no layer of mulch on the exposed areas Perennial bed are applied, it can make sense to leave the dead plant material about a hand's breadth high over the winter. The wilted leaves themselves serve as winter protection for the plants.

Stimulate a second bloom with a targeted pruning

Actually all gardeners plants In her gardens she especially likes perennials that either flower for a long time or bloom several times. That is why there are four possible times for a cut in the splendid saddle:

• in early spring
• in the autumn
• when harvesting bouquets of cut flowers
• right after the first bloom

Cut your splendid notches in the garden right after the inflorescences have withered down to the green leaves. If you are lucky and good Care conditions prevail for the plants, then there may possibly be a second, smaller, failing bloom.