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By Lorraine • Mar 13th, 2010 • Category: Dig in, Fresh Dirt, Spring
1.Make Cut Backs
Stems and stalks of perennials like sedum, coneflower and phlox look wonderful growing through drifts of snow, but let’s face it, they’ve served their purpose, and as the world around them starts to turn green, their unsightly brown clumps should be chopped to the ground. Also remove the dead leaves of coral bells, hostas, barrenwort and hellebores (all but H. argutifolius and H. foetidus), and cut back ornamental grasses to within 10 to 12 centimetres of the ground.
Lorraine is a garden writer and Master Gardener.
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