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Chelsea chop

Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
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Can you tell me please, what plants do you chelsea chop in your garden? 

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  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Autumn flowering sedum as they usually flop.  Most tall perennials, heliopsis, inula, asters, 
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    I did download a fact sheet from Crocus which gave which plants and when. June/ July included Astrantia, Foxglove, nepeta, rudbekia tall, penstemon.
    July/August
    Aconitum early flowering. Lady's mantle, hardy geraniums,  geum after flowering, salvia after flowering. Mainly to encourage later flowers .


  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    I've never Chelsea chopped anything until this year, when I chopped the sedum spectabile, having read that it responds well.  Nothing happened for a long time, and I thought I'd overdone it, but now each cut stalk has lots of little shoots, they look a bit like Brussels sprouts!
  • harmonyharmony Posts: 403
    K67 said:
    I did download a fact sheet from Crocus which gave which plants and when. June/ July included Astrantia, Foxglove, nepeta, rudbekia tall, penstemon.
    July/August
    Aconitum early flowering. Lady's mantle, hardy geraniums,  geum after flowering, salvia after flowering. Mainly to encourage later flowers .


    Can you tell me where to find this fact sheet and what it is called. Thanks
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    edited July 2018
    As you can see it's dated 2007 but you can find it on Crocus website.
    The link is a bit odd but it worked. 

    https://www.crocus.co.uk/features/_/articles-and-advice/how-to-garden/buying-vegetable-plants/articleid.1225/
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Monty said to chop nothing with buds on. It's a pre-bud treatment in May.
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