When and how does that make sense?

Basically, cutting back is not necessary

First of all: even if your garden center has recommended that you prune it every year, it is actually unnecessary, and with some specimens even fatal. Many a gardener has already had the experience that the cut back Blue fescue is not expelled again. However, this has nothing to do with the fact that the plant is basically not pruning, but rather with an unsuitable location. If the blue fescue does not feel comfortable in one place, the new growth can simply fail - or that per se hardy plant freezes back in the cold season. So if you want to be on the safe side, you shouldn't prune your blue fescue nests.

What to do if the blue fescue grass is lying down?

But what to do when the blue fescue is full of yellow stalks after a long winter or, thanks to your own or the neighbor's cats, is lying flat on the ground? In this case, you can either let it be cut back vigorously or simply comb out the clumps vigorously with your hands. You can carefully pluck out yellow stalks one by one and simply leave the rest to stand. Incidentally, a few sticks stuck into the eyrie help against cats, which make the nest appear less cozy.

Radical pruning only in spring

However, if pruning is necessary - for example because the plant is infected with fungi - you should do this on a warm day in spring if possible. If, on the other hand, the blue fescue is cut back in autumn, you weaken the plant further. By the way, mowing (e.g. B. with the lawn mower) is not advisable, not even if you have a larger area of ​​blue fescue than Lawn replacement have planted.