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- Cutting vetches - is that necessary?
- The cut of the vellum vine (Vicia)
- Cut perennial willow (Lathyrus)
- Tips
The beautiful vetch is well suited as a cut flower
Cutting vetches - is that necessary?
Rich flowering vetches are an attractive adornment for every cottage garden. In order for the plants to drive out new flowers continuously, it is important to clean them regularly during the summer months. How you have to proceed when pruning is also dependent on whether you maintain a real or a Staudenwicke in their garden.
The cut of the vellum vine (Vicia)
Wicks are great as cut flowers for the vase. The repeated cutting of some flowering plants is beneficial for the abundance of flowers because the plant is stimulated to drive many new flowers.
If you want to grow too high or grow sparsely, you can cut the summer blooms as follows:
Vicia thrives as an annual shrub that needs to be sown every year. In autumn, therefore, the plant is completely cut back and the rhizomes are dug up.
If you would like to grow or sow vetching for the coming gardening year, you should not remove all flowers that had died down in early autumn. Allow the elongated pods to mature until they begin to open laterally. Now you can remove these slices, take the seeds, dry on a piece of kitchen paper and keep them until next spring.
Cut perennial willow (Lathyrus)
You should also regularly cut out blooms and withered shoots when using the herbage vetch. A not too strong pruning in the summer months stimulates the growth of the perennial plant, which then thrives particularly beautiful and bushy.
As the perennial pollen expels every year, it is radically cut back to about four inches off the ground in the fall or spring. We prefer the spring cut because the dead branches provide a natural cold protection. In mild regions you can even save yourself an additional winter protection with brushwood.
Tips
Cut vetches for the vase if possible in the morning, when the dew has just evaporated and the flowers just start to open. They are then particularly durable.