cut back to any new basal foliage after flowering has finished.cut off any old foliage that collapses to the outside of the plant by late summer.finished bloom spikes may be cut off at the base.Once everything else has been done the stakes can be removed and stored away. Insert short garden stakes in front of these clumps to avoid pruning them back accidentally. After all, who wouldn't follow advice that reduces the fall work load in the garden, provides winter interest and shelters and feeds many different birds! If you're afraid you'll cut back plants that should be left alone just do as I do. To see if a particular plant is on this page press Ctrl+F, type in the name, then click the Find button.īreak your old habits and leave the following plants unpruned or pruned back only to basal foliage for the winter. To create your own plant partnerships based on tried and true color theory, check out our GARDEN COLOR page. To help your plants grow their best, check out our FERTILIZATION page. The best time and method to propagate plants can be found on our image-intensive PROPAGATION page. The deer icon indicates plants that deer are not usually attracted to. * Watch for the animated hummingbird and butterfly with the plants that attract them. In addition she explains that ornamental value and winter interest can come, not only from the conifers and shrubs that are always left standing, but also from perennial seedheads (many provide food for different bird species), stem colour, evergreen foliage and even the basic structure and form of the perennials left upright in a garden over the winter months.
The author reminds us that some foliage left unpruned in fall may provide winter shelter to some bird species. In this book we learn not only when or when not to prune individual perennial species and cultivars but also why or why not. I had no idea just how many plants would benefit from being left alone in fall and tidied up only after they put in their appearance when winter was over. This acknowledged "Queen of Pruning" shares her observations, giving us all the benefit of her own experience. Her wealth of knowledge jumps at you from every page. Then along came Tracy DiSabato-Aust, with her book The Well-Tended Perennial Garden - Planting & Pruning Techniques. Pruners in hand, I attacked almost all my perennials, cutting them nearly to the ground as gardening books at the time said to do. For years I headed out in fall to prepare my garden beds for winter. We gardeners tend to be creatures of habit.
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