Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The Most Enjoyable, Rewarding and Satisfying Garden Job!
Cutting back perennials plants is an easy way of tending them and making them perform far better. Different plants respond to different treatments and Bunny explains why plants such as Bergenias, Brunnera and others bounce back really well sending up new, lush leaves if you remove the flowers and stalks after flowering.
Should you dead head your Delphiniums by just removing individual dead florets as Rosemary Verey did, or just chop off the whole stalk? There are different treatments for many flowers, including the Chelsea Chop, shearing to the ground and leaving alone.
Tracy DiSabato-Aust has highly useful definitive lists in her book ‘The Well Tended Perennial Garden’ if ever you are in doubt of what and when, but don’t be scared to experiment – you might find the best treatment of all!.
#cuttingback #trim
The Most Enjoyable, Rewarding and Satisfying Garden Job!
Cutting back perennials plants is an easy way of tending them and making them perform far better. Different plants respond to different treatments and Bunny explains why plants such as Bergenias, Brunnera and others bounce back really well sending up new, lush leaves if you remove the flowers and stalks after flowering.
Should you dead head your Delphiniums by just removing individual dead florets as Rosemary Verey did, or just chop off the whole stalk? There are different treatments for many flowers, including the Chelsea Chop, shearing to the ground and leaving alone.
Tracy DiSabato-Aust has highly useful definitive lists in her book ‘The Well Tended Perennial Garden’ if ever you are in doubt of what and when, but don’t be scared to experiment – you might find the best treatment of all!.
#cuttingback #trim
