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- Cut the Wollziest correctly
- The best time for the cut
- Allow the Wollziest a visually perfect start to the season
- Cut off flowers of Wollziests and dry
- Tips
A skilled pruning ensures a nice growth
Cut the Wollziest correctly
The Wollziest can take in the garden bed by its silver-white leaf coloring a mediating role between color accents of roses and other flowering plants. In the perennial plant can be promoted with a targeted cut a compact growth.
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Basically, the Wollziest is a very easy-care plant in which individual leaves and plant stems can be cut off around the year for use as vase jewelry or medicinal herbs. The pruning for the formation of a compact and healthy plant form can be done either in spring or autumn. For optical reasons and for more gentle hibernation, it is advisable to remove the pedicels of the Wollziests directly after flowering, unless you are dependent on the propagation of seeds. The leaves should be left to stand so that the Wollziest before the winter can still recharge energy for the new season.
Allow the Wollziest a visually perfect start to the season
Especially after long and wet winters, it can happen that some parts of the Wollziest make a battered impression. Therefore, you should also inspect the plants again during a cut directly after flowering in spring, thus giving the fresh shoot sufficient space. If the rather inconspicuous flowers are of secondary interest to you, you should not remove them before they bloom. Many rare bees and other species of insect appreciate the Wollziest as a summer food plant.
Cut off flowers of Wollziests and dry
The Wollziest is not only used as a medicinal plant, but its flower stems are also sometimes dried for use in dry bouquets. This is very easy after the following steps:
Particularly attractive for use in dry bouquets are Wollziest cultivars such as the visually stunning "Cotton Boll", whose white inflorescences are reminiscent of the shape of cotton.
Tips
If you own or known pets such as rabbits or rabbits, so you need not cut sliced plant material from Wollziest unused on the compost. In a balanced feed mixture, the slightly bitter-tasting plant is also non-toxic to rodents and can enrich their diet.