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- Cutting a bleeding heart? Pruning is not necessary
- When to cut the bleeding heart
- Cutting cuttings
- Cutting cuttings
- Cutting root cuttings
- Tips
The Bleeding Heart is also good as a cut flower in the vase
Cutting a bleeding heart? Pruning is not necessary
Many perennials must be regularly cut for nursing reasons, but not the bleeding heart. The exotic-looking perennial shrubs retracts into their rhizomes immediately after flowering, so you do not have to cut them back. Only blown shoots can be removed.
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A regular pruning is not necessary for the bleeding heart. However, you can extend the flowering period of the perennial by regularly removing faded stems. This will prevent the plant from putting its energy into the formation of fruits and seeds - instead, it simply forms new flowers. Also, the yellow, withered leaves after flowering - and after the plant has already retired - can be removed.
Cutting cuttings
Apart from these nourishing cuts, you can also use the knife if you want to multiply the bleeding heart and therefore cut cuttings or root cuttings.
Cutting cuttings
The best time to cut cuttings is also shortly after flowering.
Be sure to keep the young plants adequately overwinter, i. to protect with threatening frosts with the help of a layer of mulch, leaves or brushwood or to overwinter under cold conditions.
Cutting root cuttings
In winter or late autumn - best in October / November - you can also multiply the bleeding heart by taking root cuttings. Choose a frost-free day for this measure.
Tips
Of course, you can plant the freshly cut root cuttings right into the open, but then rooting and growth will be much slower.