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Very mild weather - what cutting back do you delay?

mandyroberts99mandyroberts99 Posts: 235
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The weather is so warm lots of plants are still growing and looking happy although the technical advice is cut back In Sept/Oct. This is mainly herbaceous perennials. Is it Ok to delay until they don't look happy or should I do now anyway? eg Achilliea, Aquilegia, Echinacea, Gaillardia, Doronicum. I'm not sure if I should do before we have a hard frost

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I never cut any of them back. They die back themselves, and I just remove the dead stems when they're serving no purpose any more. Flowering stems on Acteas, for example, and I just leave the rest of the stand to die back. 
    I don't grow huge amounts of perennials, and most are finished here by now. One or two still growing though. A Helenium,  one Crocosmia  and some Jap. Anems. The Aquilegias are dying back, and they'll just be left to do that  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited November 2020

    Apologies for that duplication. The site is playing up all the time for me .
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • mandyroberts99mandyroberts99 Posts: 235
    Fairygirl said:

    Apologies for that duplication. The site is playing up all the time for me .
    No duplication? Thanks for advice
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It posted twice, but I deleted the 2nd one. Sorry for any confusion  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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