During the summer, the vanilla flower can also reach an impressive size of up to eighty centimeters as a potted plant. It then needs more space in the winter quarters than is often available.
A pruning before retreating to winter quarters is good for the vanilla flower
Professionally cut back heliotrope
Before you overwinter the solstice, all dried-up parts of the plant and the faded flower umbels should be removed. Before moving to a frost-free room, there is a slight pruning, in which you can shorten the plant by up to a third.
tips
You can use the removed shoot tips as cuttings. Planted in well-drained soil, roots will form quickly. By the next garden year, the offspring will be large enough to be planted outdoors with the mother plant.