Self-supporting perennials

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• SalixGold Posts: 450

  August 2023

  I understand that the stems are only colourful if pruned back each year.
  

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• Mrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732

  August 2023

  That is correct. Prune in Spring, enjoy the foliage in Summer, marvel at the bare stems in Winter, prune again the following Spring.

  Southampton 

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• Topbird Posts: 8,355

  August 2023

  If you miss a year of pruning the winter stems are still colourful - just not quite as bright as they could be. I only cut back between a third and a half of Midwinter fire anyway. Always understood that it isn't quite as tolerant of a really hard cut back as other cornuses.

  Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  

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