Never cut gentian bush too hard

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• Never cut gentian bush too hard
• The right time for pruning
  
• Cut gentian tree in between
  
• Cut before moving to winter quarters
  
• Cut gentian shrub as a high stem
  
• Always wear gloves when cutting
  
• Tips & Tricks

A proper pruning promotes the flowering of the gentian bush

Never cut gentian bush too hard

Gentian bushes are very intensive care. This also applies to the cut, which must be carried out very carefully. If you cut too much, you only stimulate the growth of the branches. If an Enzianbaum hardly flowers, is often a wrong cutback guilty of it.

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The right time for pruning

Spring is the best time to cut back the gentian bush. Use caution when doing so. Just cut off the outer tips of younger bushes.

When blooming lazy shrubs, you have to pay special attention to what you cut. In this case, it is best to wait until the shrub bears the first flowers. Then do not accidentally remove shoots that would later bloom.

Cut gentian tree in between

If shoots protrude very strongly from the crown, you may also remove them in between. Again, it is better to do too little than too much.

Cut before moving to winter quarters

You should only cultivate an Enzian shrub if you can provide it with sufficient winter quarters in winter. This is especially true for the crown, which can be very expansive.

You should only cut the shrub in an emergency before you bring it into the house. This is especially true for younger gentian shrubs. The older specimens also tolerate a more vigorous pruning.

In any case, you should cut as little as possible so that the gentian shrub bears many flowers in the next year.

Cut gentian shrub as a high stem

Gentian shrubs are usually offered in this country as a high strain. Specialist nurseries use chemical bulking agents to obtain these unnatural forms for the gentian tree.

If you really want to grow the gentian shrub as a high strain, get some stamina in the nursery, such as Cycocel. The remedy also stimulates flower formation.

Always wear gloves when cutting

The gentian bush is highly poisonous. Therefore always wear gloves when cutting and then wash your hands thoroughly.

Tips & Tricks

In its South American homeland, the gentian tree reaches heights of up to four meters. The shoots grow drooping. The shrubs get very large crowns or are often pulled like a climbing plant on a scaffold.