The Well-Tended Perennial Garden The Essential Guide to Planting and Pruning Techniques, Third Edition
100 PruninG Perennials TO SEED OR NOT TO SEED The question of whether you should deadhead to prevent self-seeding depends primar ...
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102 PruninG Perennials ...
deadheadinG 103 Some years you may not need any new seedlings, in which case the plants should be completely deadheaded. A predo ...
104 PruninG Perennials Some plants are just so willing to please that they offer us rebloom as well as pretty seedheads. In cert ...
deadheadinG 105 even open, keeping the plant in a strictly vegetative state. Birds are another element to consider when deciding ...
106 Basic Perennial Garden PlantinG & Maintenance ...
cuttinG BacK 107 Cutting Back C utting back refers to pruning a plant to renew its appearance or encourage a new flush of growth ...
pruning—usually within a week there will be new growth, and in 2 weeks you’ll have a full, lush plant again. A word of caution i ...
foliage, rather than pruning to the ground when no signs of life are evident. Regrowth usually is much faster and generally is e ...
Some gardeners have good luck with cutting oriental poppy (Papaver orientale) to the ground immediately after flowering. New bas ...
more than deadheading and maybe a touch of deadleafing. Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Nana’ and Thalictrum aquilegiifolium are just a c ...
whether this type of pruning is needed. I have some old Salvia ×sylvestris ‘East Friesland’ plants that in most years do not pro ...
together color combinations that I end up not liking. Though I may not want to move the plant because I like it where it’s plant ...
pinching or cutting back can be used to achieve similar effects, I generally opt for cutting back rather than pinching. From a t ...
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in the season, within reason. Why perennials respond differently is not com- pletely understood. As is emphasized throughout the ...
compact habit, less need for staking (if any is required), and staggered bloom time if desired. Cutting back autumn-flowering pl ...
techniques can be used on other natives to control their heights, and this is true of many perennials. Gardeners sometimes have ...
Woody-stemmed perennials (or subshrubs) should be cut back to about 4 to 6 in. in the spring or early summer to midsummer if the ...
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