Some shrubs keep their roots quite near the surface. As Pansy says, it's worth watering. Conditions are testing just now with hot sun and almost no rain at all.
I only water things in pots, or anything newly planted. I don't water anything established - especially shrubs. I'm on clay, but I have plants in raised beds [mainly because of the normal high rainfall!] and I've had to water clematis in those beds to keep them right. It really comes down to your soil and climate conditions Mary, which I expect are fairly similar to mine. As pansyface says - make a judgement on how individual plants look. A perennial in a hot, dry windy site will cope less well than a decent sized, established shrub in a slightly shady, protected one. Until last week, we've had a freakishly long dry spell, but the only thing which has really suffered has been the grass in the back garden - again because I created it with loads of drainage to cope with the usual rainfall. It'll be fine in a week or two.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks for the input........it's just that after reading numerous threads here, some people seem to do an inordinate amount of plant watering......my dahlias' always let me know when they need watering, as they begin wilt slightly, which is when I water them, astrantia are the same here for me. Other than that even with the extremely dry weather we've been getting, everything else seems ok.
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Until last week, we've had a freakishly long dry spell, but the only thing which has really suffered has been the grass in the back garden - again because I created it with loads of drainage to cope with the usual rainfall. It'll be fine in a week or two.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...