Second flowering by pruning perennials
The following perennials are suitable for summer pruning
- Delphinium
We #Beetschwestern did this once, whereupon the snails ate the entire plant, which is why we no longer cut back the last surviving delphinium spur
- Lavender
It produces far fewer flowers than before, but at least we like it so much that we don't usually cut it back ...
- Lady's mantle
This usually becomes quite unsightly after the first flowering and becomes really beautiful after a summer pruning, even if it hardly flowers at all. But the fresh foliage is much prettier to look at than the brownish leaves before pruning
- globe thistle
We should try this out, we don't have any experience with it yet
- Spur flower
These have developed many new flowers after our pruning
- Steppe sage
As with the delphinium, you have to be careful that the snails eat the new shoots and the whole plant in no time, which is why we no longer cut them back
