The lobelia flowers in early summer. After the first splendour, the Lobelia then takes a summer break, which shows itself in the waning bloom and often worries hobby gardeners, because summer is the norm reached peak flowering.
Pruning back cushions
When the lobelia retreats into its summer break, hobby gardeners should simply cut back the small cushions intensively. This allows new shoots to form, which will then give the lobelia the blue blooms for the rest of the summer that were already evident in the garden in early summer.
You should prune these plants after the first flowering
Other flowering plants also love pruning after the first intensive flowering and thank you for the effort with subsequent intensive flowering over the entire summer. These plants include liver balm, also known as ageratum. Furthermore, the summer carnation, also known as Dianthus chinensis, likes this intensive cut in summer. The salive, known as salvia, and verbena, botanically named verbena, also feel extremely revitalized when given an intense pruning before the start of midsummer.