What perennials pruned in the winter and how to do it correctly
Autumn - time to trim perennial flowers. Each of the types of ornamental plants has its own peculiarities trim, which I will discuss in this article. This will keep their decorative effect and health!
What flowers cut off?
Here is a list of plants that will be used on our beds under pruner:
- Astilbe;
- hydrangea;
- clematis;
- day-lily;
- pion;
- phlox;
- the Rose.
Terms of pruning - from mid-September to November. In the last month of autumn garden flowers have shelter for the winter, if there is a need to plant are not lost due to frost.
Why do I need to crop plants
Autumn pruning garden flowers in the flowerbeds in the garden - a very useful exercise. Here are 4 reasons why you should cut ornamental plants:
- We cut diseased part of the plant, so keep the flower garden health.
- During the winter flower stems will become tougher, and in the spring with their cutting will have to tinker. So why not do everything beforehand? In the spring enough other worries, not for me to tell you!)
- We uberezhom own fruit and vegetable garden from self-seeding. If you do not cut the ripened seeds, once the favorite plants can be a headache, they went up in the spring in the wrong places.
- Dry crop residues, turning in the autumn in the weeds - the spectacle is not the most aesthetic. Even in winter the brown stems with foliage remnants of ugly look out over the drifts!
All that you need to work - a sharp blade pruner with treated (to prevent infection bacteria and fungi, it can be wiped with a cheap "Hlorgesidinom"), gloves to protect your hands and a little time.
Now - to work!
Subscribe to our channel, every day the first to receive new, useful and interesting information about the cultivation of plants in the garden, the garden and the house!
I'll tell you about how to properly trim the various plants:
1. Astilba. Luxury flower is cut the roots in October-November. About pruning time will tell coloring stalks of the plant, if they dry out and turn brown, it is time to take up the secateurs. With beds remove all plant debris, including fallen leaves Astilbe.
2. Hydrangea. Completely cut the bush is not required. It is necessary to remove:
- wilted blossoms;
- weak and diseased shoots;
- all dry;
- twigs growing inside the bush and creating gelled.
To hydrangea bushes magnificently strong main shoots are pruned by half. Spring from buds left on the bottom of the stem, the new branches will form a magnificent ball!
And yet the scheme depends on the type of hydrangea:
✔ Join our groupIn contact withorOdnoklassnikiNot to miss the latest updates! (Links are active - click on the name of the social network)
3. Clematis. Trim the clematis is not as easy as it seems at first glance. Operation scheme depends on the type of flower. If the plant blooms on new wood, they are cut by only 15-20 cm. Buds formed on the young twigs? Cut them almost completely, leaving a stump with 3 pairs of kidneys. And if clematis "2 B1" (flower shoots of any age), simply shorten their half. So your plant will bloom active trail and envy
4. Daylily and lily. These inhabitants of the flower bed, too, needs to fall pruning! In early autumn, remove the dried flower stalks and sick leaves. When the foliage begins to die back, cut them up by the roots. Thermophilic species of lilies bulbs are dug and stored indoors.
5. Pion. Before hibernation cut them, leaving stumps with live kidneys. It remains part of the stem height of about 5 cm. Tip: sprinkle the cut and bush 2 handfuls of wood ash. This will be a wonderful mineral block!
6. Phlox. Gorgeous autumn phlox need pruning. Although the branches break bad hands, it is better not to do so, so as not to injure the stalks. There are 2 options work. The first - to cut all the roots, making the wintering flower almost invulnerable to disease and pests. Second - hemp leave about 7 cm in height. So between them accumulated snow, which will create additional warming pillow.
Put a "Thumbs Up" if you love flowers, and the article was of interest to you!
7. the Rose. Roses necessarily need pruning in the fall. Remove all the sick and superfluous shoots, young shoots and shorten the main branches. Read more here: How to prepare roses for winter from A to Z, to avoid missing