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- When is the right time to cut cranesbill?
- Cutting cranesbill after flowering
- Note flowering times
- Pruning in late autumn or early spring
- Tips
Through a pruning the cranesbill can be stimulated to a second flowering
When is the right time to cut cranesbill?
The various cranesbill species inspire by their beautiful, colorful flower. However, this is quickly over in some geranium varieties and the eponymous fruit approaches are emerging. However, some of the early flowering species and varieties are capable of forming a second bloom - provided you want to prune them in time. The plants then revive and bloom again in late summer or fall.
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Gardeners refer to this cut as a remontier, the plant "remontiert". For this purpose, cut the flowered shoots of the cloves just above the ground. In order to stimulate the second flowering, you can additionally supply the perennial with some liquid whole fertilizer. Depending on the species and variety, it is now about to wait between six to eight weeks before the remontierflor is visible. The second flower is usually not as abundant as the first. A Remontierschnitt is mainly in the early - about May / June - flowering geranium varieties possible, late flowering species usually bloom a second time.
Note flowering times
In many a guidebook is to be read that stork beaks are basically cut in July. As a result, many a garden friend wondered if his plants did not want to bloom - they were cut back shortly before flowering. Although many cranes already bloom from May / June, there are also late flowering species such as the Siberian Cranesbill (Geranium wlassovianum). Of course, these should not be cut in July, otherwise the flower will fail.
Pruning in late autumn or early spring
Furthermore, many storks tend to "fall apart" over time. For this reason, further pruning is recommended either in late autumn or in early spring, before re-budding. This is especially true for the following types of geranium:
Tips
Whether you cut back your cranesbill after flowering, however, also depends on its multiplication. Many geranium varieties (except for the hybrids such as the magnificent cranesbill) sow themselves quite reliably, but this is only possible if the fruits and seeds can form.