My penstemons have come through the winter well - but they are beginning to look a little shaggy and I would like to cut them back to get new growth - but is end of March too early to risk doing so in case of frosts??
Super - I was thinking I was being a bit impetuous!! I will hold fire until mid-April - just in case. I am in South East but you never know do you! Thank you to all who responded.
I cut off a third of the plant after flowering, in November and then down to about 3" in March. It's on my spreadsheet so I don't have to think about maintenance, it just tells me when and what to do
Nothing spontaneous about my gardening Hostafan1 ha ha . I do like to be organised. Any sign of your hostas this year yet? I'm up to 15 now, 5 new ones this year, so just trying to patient while I wait for them all to appear. All hostas are labelled of course
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I normally do mine mid April - still the possibility of frosts around then, but not normally bad ones.
Depends where you live Emma late April early May. New growth can be badly affected by frost.
Super - I was thinking I was being a bit impetuous!! I will hold fire until mid-April - just in case. I am in South East but you never know do you! Thank you to all who responded.
Just done mine too.
I cut off a third of the plant after flowering, in November and then down to about 3" in March. It's on my spreadsheet so I don't have to think about maintenance, it just tells me when and what to do
Gosh, how very spontaneous of you.
I'll be doing mine over the next few days. I'm sure Lyn would like some too.
Nothing spontaneous about my gardening Hostafan1 ha ha
. I do like to be organised. Any sign of your hostas this year yet? I'm up to 15 now, 5 new ones this year, so just trying to patient while I wait for them all to appear. All hostas are labelled of course