Should I deadhead my salvia and lavender? And is my aubretia a gonner?

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• GardenerSuze Posts: 5,692

  June 2023 edited June 2023

  @fizzyliz The Aubretia needs shearing to the ground them plenty of water. It looks like you still have a few Lavender flowers perhaps wait a little then deadhead removing stalks.
  I like the salvia just as it is with it's seed heads. Plants with lovely seed heads add another dimension to a border.

  I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.

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• Busy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

  June 2023

  I deadhead Salvia Nemorosa, if that's what yours are. Then they have a second flowering lower down the stems. I would wait a bit for the lavender.
  
  I would shear the aubretia as @GardenerSuze says. It will make new growth to flower next year and will stop it getting straggly.

  Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.

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• GardenerSuze Posts: 5,692

  June 2023

  Yes there are two ways to deal with Salvis Nemorosa. I have tried both. Cut back the second flush were disappointing but growing conditions do vary. I now leave then for the lovely shaped seed heads. A matter of preference.

  I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.

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