May Is the New June in the Garden
Prune perennials to extend bloom times.
It’s time to be courageous and cut back your perennials to extend their bloom time and encourage repeat blooming. Because we have had such a warm winter, and an even warmer spring, perennials in this area are about three weeks ahead in growth than normal. Therefore, traditional June tasks need to be done in the next few days of May. Pruning back summer- and autumn-flowering perennials before flowering is essential to maintaining their health and to extending bloom time into late fall. Perennials such as blackeyed Susan (rudbeckia), bee balm (monarda), tall-growing asters, sedum (particularly "Autumn Joy"), coneflower (echinacea), Shasta daisies (leucanthemum) and tall-growing forms of goldenrod (solidago) are good subjects for this …
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Eleni Silverman
8:36 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
With all this rain these plants are growing fast.....I'm pruning mine between the rain drops. more ›