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- Cutting verbs - clarified important questions
- Why should one cut verbs?
- When must the scissors be drawn?
- What is there to consider when cutting?
- Tips & Tricks
Cutting verbs - clarified important questions
Verbenas - these beauties that want to flower happily throughout the summer do not require much care. But the cutting should have a special meaning. Why and what to pay attention to, you will learn now.
Why should one cut verbs?
There are several reasons that suggest that verbs should be cut from time to time. For one thing, cutting is important if you want to bring your verbs through the winter.
On the other hand, if you want to extend the flowering period and prevent the seeds from forming, which costs the plant a lot of energy, it is necessary to cut it. When the withered inflorescences are cut off, the verbena is stimulated to form new flower buds.
Furthermore, a cut may be useful to win a bunch of flowers for the vase or dry bouquets. Likewise, fruit shoots can be cut off for later drying and storage of the seeds and final multiplication.
When must the scissors be drawn?
In the course of summer and until autumn, the faded inflorescences are regularly cut back. Then new inflorescences appear and the flowering time lasts until the first frost. Bees are especially pleased about the ever-recurring flowering flora ...
Who wants to make a bouquet, the Verbena should cut in the morning, when the morning dew has dried. Ideally, the flower buds are closed or partially open at the shoots, then the flower stalks in the vase last the longest.
For wintering, the verbena should be cut back in the fall to just above the ground. All aboveground plant parts die off during the winter. Alternatively, it can be radically shortened after the winter in the spring before budding.
What is there to consider when cutting?
The following points should not be forgotten when cutting:
Tips & Tricks
If you want to create a verbena bouquet, you should cut off the flower stems diagonally, remove the bottom leaves and place the bouquet in a glass of room-warm water and a little lemon juice or sugar.
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