With many perennials, pruning in summer is very worthwhile.
Sometimes it even causes a second bloom.
You can find out which perennials are here.
In August, the flowering season ends for many perennials and hobby gardeners slowly have to say goodbye to the colorful sea of flowers on their home grounds.
But if you want to extend the season a bit, you can cut back the perennials in late summer.
The cut also has other advantages.
Cutting back perennials in late summer: that's why it makes sense
Cutting back perennials in summer can be worthwhile for a number of reasons.
Among other things, it promotes:
a longer lifespan and a compact, vigorous growth
a longer flowering period
a second bloom
By cutting back the perennials, you also prevent
self-sowing
in order to prevent the plant from spreading too much.
Cut perennials in August: extend life and encourage vigorous growth
Some perennials need to be pruned in late summer after flowering so that they can continue to bloom splendidly in the years to come.
These include the
horned violets
, the
purple coneflower
, the
hollyhock
or
Gaura
.
In the case of woody perennials, however, you should not only cut back the flower stalks, but also the tips of the shoots.
This
makes them bushier and denser
.
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Cut back in summer to ensure a longer - or second - flowering
If you want to keep some of the blooming flowers in your garden for a longer period of time, it is also worth pruning.
Just
larkspur
,
catnip
,
Colorful Mageriten
,
globe flowers
and
globe thistles
show a second time their flowers dress if you cut the whole plant just above the ground.
Most of the flowers should be withered.
With other perennials, on the other hand, it is sufficient to
pluck off the faded stems
to extend the flowering time.
Examples of this are the yellow coneflower, the sun eye or the golden sheaf.
In this way, they prevent seed formation, so the plant can focus on creating new flower stalks instead.
Cut back in summer to prevent self-sowing
While self-sowing is often desirable with short-lived plants, it should be avoided with long-lived perennials.
This is because they quickly form dense stands that
other plants in the bed can displace
.
This applies, for example, to the goldenrod, lady's mantle, red yarrow or the flame flower.
So remove the seed heads to prevent the perennial from spreading too much.
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