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- For what purpose and how to cut the ribbon flower?
- Reasons that speak for cutting the loop flower
- Cut in summer to encourage a re-flowering
- Cut down to rejuvenate in the fall
- Correction section - recommended in spring
- Cuttings win
- Tips
A regular pruning of the loop flower prevents it from proliferating
For what purpose and how to cut the ribbon flower?
By nature, the loop flower is blessed with a compact and dense habit. It grows soil-covering and has with 30 to 40 cm a rather low growth. In order to keep both flowering and healthy, a cut is recommended at some times.
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For several reasons, it can be quite useful to provide the loop flower with a cut. Here are the main reasons that can exist:
Cut in summer to encourage a re-flowering
Bow flowers usually bloom from May to June, July or even August - depending on the variety. When the first flowerbed is over, you can cut back your loop flower by a third. This cut causes the plant to be strongly stimulated to form new shoots. Together with them appear new flower buds. The result: In late summer, there is a weaker after-flowering.
Cut down to rejuvenate in the fall
After the post-flowering has come to an end, the entire plant is cut down. This is appropriate in the fall. Alternatively, it can happen in the spring. The autumn cut rejuvenates the loop flower. Next year, she will be healthier and stronger again.
Correction section - recommended in spring
If you have not done so in the fall, do it in the spring. Dried and dead plant parts are removed radically. Cut the ribbon flower about 10 cm above the ground! Even if you have already cut the plant in the fall, you can - if necessary - make a correction cut in February.
Cuttings win
In order to gain cuttings for propagation, the ribbon flower should be cut in summer or after flowering. For the propagation of cuttings about 10 cm long and the tips are colored green shoots needed. They are put in potting soil and kept moist. They usually root very fast.
Tips
If the sandflower is already well woody, it should generally be cut more carefully.