This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.
Trimming perennials
Wildlifelover
Posts: 380
in Plants
Hello,
Is it ok to give my perennials a little trim where they are over growing other plants? Some have grown larger than expected so despite giving them space at the time of planting (last autumn / this spring), they’ve started to grow over each other a little too much.
Its mostly hardy geraniums, Polemonium caeruleum, Geums and a Dianthus.
If it is ok to trim, should I take off just on the side(s) in question or a bit all over?
Thanks.
Is it ok to give my perennials a little trim where they are over growing other plants? Some have grown larger than expected so despite giving them space at the time of planting (last autumn / this spring), they’ve started to grow over each other a little too much.
Its mostly hardy geraniums, Polemonium caeruleum, Geums and a Dianthus.
If it is ok to trim, should I take off just on the side(s) in question or a bit all over?
Thanks.
0
Posts
And if anything flops over onto the lawn it gets put in a vase or mown over.
As soon as my hardy geraniums finish flowering I cut everything back to the ground, then you get nice new foliage in a few weeks and maybe another flush of flowers
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.