Trimming heathers and heathersis important for a nice habit and abundant flowering of these plants. But are all heathers and heathers trimmed the same? Seewhen to trim heathers and heathers , what determines the best time to cut heathers and heathers , how to shorten their shoots and which tools are best for pruning heathers and heaths. Here's thehow to trim heathers and heathersto get dense, flower-strewn tufts of these shrubs!
Heather after trimming
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Heathers and heathers like sunny, dry locations and acidic soils. When their needs are taken into account, cultivation will become easy and the plants will enjoy our eyes for a long time. Moors do not require many maintenance treatments. Sprinkling the plants with a layer of peat during the growing season, mulching the substrate with pine bark andtrimming heathers and heathersare the only treatments that should be performed when growing these plants.
In preparation fortrimming heathers and heathersyou will need the right tools. It is best to get a sharp pruner or cutting scissors. After the pruning treatment, it is worth mulching the soil with compost with the addition of a slow-acting calcium-free fertilizer (preferably fertilizer for acidophilic plants), which will support the regeneration and propagation of the cut shoots.
When to trim heathers?
To keep the heather low and compact, trim it regularly every year.This will allow better branching of the shrubs and more beautiful flowering. Additionally, they will become more viable.Heather trimmingis done in spring. The bestdate for heather trimmingis from late April to mid-May. We shorten their shoots only by the length of the faded inflorescences.
Note!You should not trim the heathers in autumn, right after they have bloomed, because longer shoots left for the winter are a natural protection against frost for heathers.
When to trim heathers?
The datewhen to prune the heathsis determined depending on the flowering period of a given species or variety. And so, trimming brushes can be performed immediately after flowering or only in the spring of the following year.
The tall forms of briar, blooming in spring, do not require regular pruning, except for shortening the ends of excessively bulky shoots after flowering.
Trimming heather
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Formswinter and spring blooming briarare cut after the inflorescences have flowered. We cut red briar and scattered briar immediately after flowering, thus guaranteeing abundant flowering of these plants in the next year.
We treatblooming in summerdifferently. Short, summer-flowering broths, such as ash briar, should not be pruned until the next spring in order to remove any dead flowers.
Remember!The date when to prune the heaths depends on the flowering date of these plants. We cut brushes that bloom in winter and spring after they have flowered. Brushes that bloom in summer, do not prune until the next spring.
How to become confident in pruning plants?
If you are unsure how to cut or simply afraid to do it, the fantastic book "Cutting School" will help you.Thanks to it, you will gain confidence in pruning plants and learn to cut plants so that they grow according to your expectations. After reading this book, your approach to pruning plants will probably change completely!
MSc Eng. Joanna Białowąs
