When does that make sense?

Stimulate re-flowering - cut away old flowers

The main reason many gardeners cut their silver weed is to drag out the flowering period. Normally the silver weed would only bloom from June to July. With a twist, however, you can shift the flowering period into autumn.

Two ways to extend the flowering period

You have two options to extend the flowering period. The first option is to wait until most of the flowers have finished blooming in July. Then take it Secateurs and cut the entire plant back by about half.

The second option is to visit and inspect the plant regularly. Every time you see withered flowers, they will be cut off or the perennial is cleaned. The result is that the plant forms a new flower bud at this point every time a flower is cut.

Preventing self-sowing - or allowing it?

When the flowers have wilted, you have to decide: do you want the plant to self-sow or even harvest the seeds? If you want to prevent the seeds from multiplying, you should also remove all inflorescences after the second bloom.

If you just want to get a few seeds, or if you want the silver weed to sow itself, it is often enough to leave a handful of withered flowers. Direct sowing takes place in April.

Acquaintance with the scissors - no compulsion

Basically it doesn't need to be that bad hardy To cut silver cabbage at all. It can also thrive without pruning. But it becomes more splendid when it regularly gets to know the scissors.

Other important information on cutting

Here are a few more tips on cutting:

• thin out regularly
• Cutting promotes bushy and compact growth
• a strong pruning can be done in spring or autumn
• when pruning heavily, cut back briefly across the ground
• Commercially available secateurs that have been cleaned beforehand are sufficient