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- Do you have to cut show feathers?
- How to properly cut off the pier
- Grandstand for the vase
- The essentials in brief:
- Tips
Dried or withered Prachtschieren can be cut off
Do you have to cut show feathers?
For a regular pruning do not need pier legs for nursing technical reasons actually. But one can argue about how the garden looks more beautiful. Autumn-stained or covered with a little snow or hoarfrost Astilben can certainly have a very decorative effect.
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Use only really sharp tools for cutting, this also applies to the quite solid stems of the astilbe trees. Sick plant parts should always be cut off and disposed of immediately if possible. The compost is not suitable for this, otherwise spread the disease germs on other plants. You can also remove dead plant parts without hesitation.
If your astilbe is bald in the middle, then a cut often does not help much. Share the plant or the root ball. So you get two or more plants, which can grow evenly again. You prevent this disguise if you regularly divide your pet pier about every four years. Pruned vigorously in the spring, booby-headed ponies drive off relatively quickly.
Grandstand for the vase
Many types of the spectacular pier are perfect for the vase. Only cut the astilbe when the lower third of the flowers have opened completely. So they stay fresh in the vase for a long time. Do you have a rain barrel in your garden? Then pour your astilbe with lime-free rainwater, both in the vase and in the garden bed. She will thank you with abundant flowering.
Single flower panicles look very elegant in a narrow high vase. But also in the lush bouquet or mixed with other flowers are beautiful petals pretty cut flowers. Combine tone-on-tone or high-contrast, to your taste.
The essentials in brief:
Tips
Leave your astilbe in the garden untrimmed over the winter and enjoy the filigree flower borders covered with hoarfrost.