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PLEASE COULD SOMEONE IDENTIFY THESE TWO PLANTS - They are both woody perennials.

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Erysimum and Iberis is my guess  :)
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    AnniD said:
    Erysimum and Iberis is my guess  :)
    I agree, don't know which Erysimum, don't think it's Bowles Mauve


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  • sarahprice66sarahprice66 Posts: 3
    Wow thank you.  Now my next question is, how hard do I cut them back after flowering?

  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited April 2019
    With regard to the erysimum, only give it a light trim l believe. You could try rooting the tips as cuttings.  I know Bowles Mauve can get a bit leggy so it's best to propagate that by cuttings to replace it. As nutcutlet said, l don't know which variety you have though.
    I think the iberis is pruned the same way.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Cut them back to strong side-shoots, the lower the better to help reduce their normal tendency to grow straggly.  Use some side-shoots to make cuttings, too, particularly the erysimum, as they only last a few years at best and get very untidy.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • sarahprice66sarahprice66 Posts: 3
    Brilliant thank you everyone.  
  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    @BobTheGardener was hoping you could advise when and how to take the cuttings from bowles mauve as I'm wanting to replace mine soon... Thanks 
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    @Ffoxglove take a look here - well explained with photos:
    :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    @BobTheGardener thanks 
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