Does the sacrum have to be cut regularly?
Regular pruning of your saccharose flower is definitely recommended so that you can look forward to a lush bloom. Whether it is better to do this in spring or autumn depends on your care habits on the one hand, but also on the variety. Some sacred flowers bloom on the old wood, while others bloom on this year's young shoots.
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If your sacrum blooms on the young shoots, pruning is recommended in late winter before they sprout again in spring. On the other hand, varieties that bloom on old wood can also be pruned back in autumn.
In the spring you should be able to frozen shoots remove. June, on the other hand, is the right time to take cuttings Multiplication to cut. If you haven't pruned your sacrum for a few years, then it is probably time to make a rejuvenating pruning.
Do you recommend pruning after flowering?
Compact growth should be promoted by slightly pruning the tips of the shoots immediately after flowering. Regularly remove the withered flower panicles, then stimulate your sacrum to develop new buds and thus to bloom longer and more profusely.
Prune the sacrum in the hedge
Do you have a whole hedge planted with sacred flowers, then you should definitely prune them regularly. On the one hand, this cut serves to maintain a beautiful shape, on the other hand, it prevents this as far as this goes from the fact that the sacred flower becomes too lignified and only blooms a little.
The tapering cut in the sacrum
A so-called rejuvenating cut is recommended for older sac flowers that are already lignified and only bloom sparsely. Do it in three stages, spread over the next three years. Every year, cut a third of the existing shoots back to about half of their previous length so that all the shoots are shortened at the end.
The essentials in brief:
- annual pruning recommended
- cut on old wood blooming sac flowers in autumn
- In spring, cut blooming sack flowers on the young shoots
- Shorten the shoots by about a third
- always above an outward-facing one eye cut
- cut off dead flowers for renewed sprouting
- Spread the rejuvenation cut over 3 years
- Prune older sac flowers more vigorously
- Cut cuttings in early summer
Tips
If you are not sure whether your sac flower is blooming on the old or new wood, it is best to cut the plant back only slightly in autumn. In case of doubt, pruning in spring could lead to a failure of the flower.
