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Occasionally thin out farmer's jasmine - this is how it works

Farmer's jasmine (Philadelphus coronarius) is one of the native ones Pipe bushes. The picturesque flowering shrub inspires with its upright, bushy stature, reliable winter hardiness and abundant abundance of flowers from May to June. Garden jasmine planted the buds for the next flower festival last year. Annual pruning measures could significantly impair the floral lease development. For this reason, the incision care is limited to one Clearance cut at intervals of two to three years. How to do it right:

• The best time to cut is in February when the weather is frost-free
• Thinning out dead, weak and cross-growing branches
• Cut off some overaged ground shoots with rough, furrowed bark at the base
• Leave the appropriate number of young ground shoots
• Cut off excess scaffolding drives at floor level

In view of a growth rate of up to 50 centimeters per year, vital scaffold shoots can bow down massively and branch out like broom-like branches at the tip of the shoots. This is no reason to thin out the active blossom wood. In this case redeems Derivative cut the problem. Look out for an unbranched, strong side shoot in the lower area. From now on, this drive takes on the function of a new scaffold drive. Place them where old, rough and young, smooth wood fork Loppers at.

Note the risk of confusion

The European Pipe bush To refer to it as farmer's jasmine causes considerable confusion among beginners in pruning due to the confusion with real products jasmine. Real jasmine thrives as a frost-sensitive climbing shrub that is cut back vigorously every year after the flowering period. If you also cut farmer's jasmine, you will remove a large part of the flower buds that have already been created.

Rejuvenate old farmer's jasmine - this is how it works

Without an occasional clearing cut, farmer's jasmine turns into a dense, impenetrable undergrowth. From the inside, an unsightly baldness prevails because there is no longer any way for the sun's rays to get through. This is no reason to clear the naturally blooming garden jasmine. A radical rejuvenation cut breathes a new will to live into the old flowering shrub. How to proceed correctly step by step:

• The best time is in late winter
• First saw off all dead scaffolding shoots flush with the floor
• Cut back remaining ground shoots by half to two thirds

The strong cut back activates a multitude sleeping eyesfrom which the old wood sprouts. First, give this growth a free hand in order to be able to better assess the quality. In February of the following year, you select seven to twelve promising ground shoots as a new framework. All other specimens have to give way for light-flooded growth.