Content
- Cutting Japanese snowball with fingertip feeling
- When is cutting necessary?
- Rejuvenate Japanese snowball in stages
- Important notes for cutting Japanese snowball
- Use clean equipment and gloves
- Tips
The Japanese snowball does not necessarily need to be cut in the garden
Cutting Japanese snowball with fingertip feeling
Most natural is the Japanese snowball if you just let it grow. Sometimes, however, it is necessary to get the shrub into shape - especially if it grows in the tub. What you need to keep in mind when cutting Japanese snowball.
When is cutting necessary?
Many gardeners swear that a Japanese snowball looks best if it is not cut at all. Nevertheless, it is usually not possible to do without cutting. Especially with potted plants, a regular pruning is advisable:
When taking care of the tub, carefully cut back the Japanese snowball every year after flowering. It is important that the plant gets enough air and light inside.
Bloomed flowers and sick shoots should always be removed, regardless of whether the snowball grows in the tub or in the field.
Rejuvenate Japanese snowball in stages
After three to four years, it's time to rejuvenate the Japanese snowball. The rejuvenation cut must be done carefully, so that the plant does not suffer and despite cutting many flowers developed.
Distribute the rejuvenation cut to three years. Cut back one third of the shrub. Be sure to evenly remove the shoots to keep the snowball in a nice shape.
Never cut young shoots, but limit yourself to the old shoots.
Important notes for cutting Japanese snowball
Use clean equipment and gloves
To maintain Japanese snowball, use clean garden tools that you have previously cleaned.
Some varieties are irritating to the skin by small hairs on the undersides of the leaves. That's why you should always work with gloves.
Tips
The Japanese snowball blooms from May to June and occasionally to fall, so later than other snowball species. The cut is therefore only from June and not already in the spring.