Perhaps you have seen your summer cottage neighbor working her magic on her flower bed, removing the stamens from her lilies.
If you are interested in the reasons for this behavior, it is simple: this is a favorite floricultural life hack that allows you to prolong the flowering of lilies, even if only for a couple of days.
By the way, the benefit of such an action is twofold: this way you can not be afraid that the lilies will stain your clothes with flower pollen, which, as we know, is difficult to wash off.
If you decide to apply this trick to your flower bed, go "to work" early in the morning, before the anthers burst.
This way your hands and things will definitely not get stained.
Since we are talking about pruning lilies, we consider it necessary to cover another important issue: when should faded buds be removed?
The procedure can be performed in one of two ways: complete removal of the inflorescence or cutting off the flowers one by one.
Important: Do not rush to remove the tops until the stems turn yellow and begin to dry out, otherwise you will prevent the plants from accumulating enough energy for winter.
When cutting stems, leave a stump 5 centimeters high above the ground. The procedure should be carried out in late autumn, before the onset of frost.
Earlier we talked about what gooseberries and currants don’t like.
