I once spotted 4 species of bee on one sedum flower head so will be keeping all mine but they do benefit from a chop or they flop on my fertile soil. I take the specatibles back quite short and cut the purpley one by a half.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Thanks obelixx, i have Purple Emperor and one of the common pink ones. The get the hair-cut this year. I also have a much smaller pink calledRuby Glow, it flops but makes a good edger like that
I chop mine too but as you say obelixx it's the bees and butterflies which are the main attraction in having them. I sometimes chop some and leave others depending on where they are. They're so easy to propagate too. I had to rescue some from the rampaging bunnies which chopped them just a tad too far- - but I've always liked them.
I had the white one a few years back which was quite nice too 'Iceberg'.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I grow 'Autumn Joy' and one called 'Matrona'... I think to keep them compact you should lift and divide in Spring otherwise they will grow big and flop over... mine are a bit behind this year, but I do love the Spring foliage on them. I think I chopped off the old flowering stems a couple of months ago... is that what's called the 'Chelsea chop'... only in Feb..? probably not the right thing to do... but it was a nice day...
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I once spotted 4 species of bee on one sedum flower head so will be keeping all mine but they do benefit from a chop or they flop on my fertile soil. I take the specatibles back quite short and cut the purpley one by a half.
Thanks obelixx, i have Purple Emperor and one of the common pink ones. The get the hair-cut this year. I also have a much smaller pink calledRuby Glow, it flops but makes a good edger like that
In the sticks near Peterborough
I chop mine too but as you say obelixx it's the bees and butterflies which are the main attraction in having them. I sometimes chop some and leave others depending on where they are. They're so easy to propagate too. I had to rescue some from the rampaging bunnies which chopped them just a tad too far-
- but I've always liked them.
I had the white one a few years back which was quite nice too 'Iceberg'.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I grow 'Autumn Joy' and one called 'Matrona'... I think to keep them compact you should lift and divide in Spring otherwise they will grow big and flop over... mine are a bit behind this year, but I do love the Spring foliage on them. I think I chopped off the old flowering stems a couple of months ago... is that what's called the 'Chelsea chop'... only in Feb..? probably not the right thing to do... but it was a nice day...