Cutting Back Perennials // Garden Answer

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My hydrangeas have lots of leaves. Some leaves get spotted and brow. I have been spraying a plant soap on the leaves and they get better but I noticed the spotted leaves are coming back. I live in Alabama and it is still kind of warm here. Can you please give me any help you can. Thanks so much for your videos. Linda from Birmingham

[@myrusticgardens]

I know this video is 2 years old but I just have to still say THANK YOU for showing the final clip of cutting the plants back hard! I SO need this reminder that the plants may look sparse for a bit but it's worth it! ❤

[@shelleywall5556]

This was reassuring that I’m gardening and pruning correctly during the summer. I like to keep my gardens looking as tidy and healthy as possible during the entire summer.

[@helenperalta3555]

Laura I know this was a while back but I’m so glad to have come across this video. I’m a beginner gardener and found this so helpful and I start to see blooms on my new plants. Thank you

[@ralugator]

Great tips. Would love a video on how you care for your roses in the summer.

[@barbll000]

I've noticed that the Proven Winner's website gives the info on when and how to cut back. Their website is really good. I always hated how my Salvia would fall over and I didn't know I could cut it back after blooming. Now I'll check the site regularly. I'm learning so much from your videos Laura and Aaron. Bless you both for sharing.

[@janevt.5914]

Seeing perfect gardens is nice to see certainly but seeing these type of videos is why I keep watching. Please do more like this, thanks Laura and Aaron!

[@seriouslyreally5413]

Oh my gosh! the hard cutback section is SO helpful! I always treated these very same tall perennials as "light shearing" just to tidy up my garden but still had to live with their floppy post-bloom gangliness which I still hated. Sometimes I gathered them up around the base with a little twine and (hidden under that foliage) and closed up the floppy centers but didnt know I could safely cut them to the ground mid season for regrowth! Thank you so much!!

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[@lindadistel3643]

I asked these questions a few days ago at local garden center and they couldn’t answer them! So glad to find this video and will head outside with clippers and fertilizers. I’m discovering these older videos but in the right months are still helpful.

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I am learning so much from your videos! You often suggest referring to the information that comes with the plants. Especially with as many varieties as you have in your gardens, do you have a practical system for organizing all those little plastic tabs?

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Thanks so much!! Didnt know I could get more blooms!! Its like buying a new plant!!

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When you do your July garden tour, can you please do a long video and really take your time going through all your progress with the garden. I think your subs would LOVE it! Of course, only if you have the time. We will be happy with whatever you give us, but i just thought I'd share the suggestion! We love you!!

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hi i love white marguerites and rudbeckias. a good idea a tour garden in july.

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Your kitty cat loves you, so adorable !

[@claudiaceleste777]

I smiled watching this episode; first because I just watched you weekly update in 2023 where you and Aaron discussed how much you dislike dianthus because of the short flowering time coupled with having to look at the swathe of dead flower heads, so you no longer have it in your garden. Secondly, to see your interactions with the sadly long departed Dexter. Russell and Douglas don’t always have the same manners ❤

[@cmbooks2000]

I always thought deadheading was just pinching off the bloom once it dried out. Gave me so so results. I'll cut them back this way from now on. You provide a great service. Thank you

[@margofriesen2175]

Great tips! I often struggle with wondering how far to cut them back.

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I'm in love with your faithful companion! That beautiful kitty!🐱 😍❤️❤️❤️

[@lisastariha1460]

This was a great video!! I'd love a longer one when you have time. Your videos are sooo helpful and very inspirational. Thank you so much Laura, Aaron and Dexter for all that you do!!!! 💖😊🌸❣🌻☀️😺

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[@selmasoo]

Thank you so much Laura for this video. I have several of the flowers you were talking about/showing and was wondering if I was pruning the correct way. Love how Dexter looks like he's trying to hide behind the bush towards the end :) He's such a cutie-pie!

[@ru4jonathon]

Thanks for sharing. I am starting using perrinials and wasn't sure about cutting them back. This video hastened me sooo much. Much love and appreciation. God's blessings.

[@zeppypaige]

Oh my gosh thank you so much for this video! I have been wondering about this for the past week with my flower beds that I planted full of perennials. Now I'm ready to go start my day and get into the garden. I have lots to do! Thanks again Laura and Aaron and have a great day!

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Looking back today at this video Russell is there watching what a good boy I miss him.

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[@joycewright3136]

I went right out and did a hard cutdown on my coreopsis and other perennials that were in survival mode because of this heat. I transformed the brown dead looking bush into small green two inch stems...much better! Since I fertilized it last week I just watered and added mulch around it. Hopefully, it will come back. Thank you.

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Such a nice young lady! Love the interaction with her cat too. Great info and well presented. Thank you. :-)

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Love your pleasant voice and method of explaining things......everything is looking beautiful.....always miss seeing the cats.

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I like your technology for making flowers more beatiful. Your explanation is good.

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I love watching gardening videos while I work in the garden.

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You are fantastic! I feel I’m learning so much about plant care and how to mix plants. Thank you.

[@lauralangley7240]

Thank you so much. I just started planting thanks to a lot of your tips and this helps. I am always not sure what to cut back and how. Thanks again.

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Aww I miss Dexter! Super helpful video still to this day.

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Very helpful in identifying which method for cleaning up the plants. I love it when you include the kitty.

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Laura l continue to learn i look forward to your videos my gardenis really improving My neighbors have been giving me nice complments Thank You PS l jove your kitty so cuteway he follows you in your garden

[@WilliamBaumannIII]

Great advice, cinematic video, and good lighting! 💯

[@alishahines1025]

Thank you Laura! This answered a few questions I had! Heading out to do a few hard cutbacks now!

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I just love your videos!!!! Thank you for making them. They bring me joy and get me excited to work outside.

[@trisharamirez1842]

Just seen this, so appreciate seeing this today, it's the middle of summer and it's been super hot! With that said, my perennials are looking pretty UGH. Thanks for sharing going to cut back my perennials today. Fingers crossed they will re bloom! thanks again.

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So much to learn and so little time. You are a great teacher.

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[@lindabeebe7065]

I live in zone six and this video is so timely. I was wondering about cutting back my catmint. For the past couple of years I’ve deadheaded my candy dianthus but I’m thinking of doing as you did here by the handful. I’ve gotten to where I just start regretting July because everything that was so beautiful just isn’t anymore. So, cleaning it up and putting a couple of hardscape focal points out to carry the blank spots through until the mums come in is my plan. Thanks for the pruning lesson I’m more confident going forward.

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Just love the videos and of course Russell - he’s the King!

[@bubblerings]

(The first dianthus... you could put the few nice buds in a vase, then shear the rest.)

[@shuvanidev]

THANK YOU!!!! I am always so confused as to which ones to prune and how to do it, this was so helpful. I grow herbs and some of them are looking a little ratty right now but I don't want to injure the plant by doing the wrong thing. Love your video's, I've learned a lot!

[@joansmith3492]

I think you should consider running the cut back stuff through a chipper shredder and putting it back down on the garden, then put mulch on top of that so it looks nice. Composting in place is easier IMO and it returns the organic matter back to the soil. (Sustainable)

[@lisayun8995]

Joan Smith I chop mine up with my shears and put it right back in my compost I never buy dirt anymore it's great

[@cynsheppard983]

Thank you so much ....I have just found you ..I could watch your videos all day.......and we live in the same state...which makes it awesome

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I was distracted by the kitty the whole time haha so cute!!!

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It's always nice to have a cat "helper"! Nice informative video.

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Love your Garden. You are a great gardener. More helpful than most. Thankyou.

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I really enjoy your videos. Very informative and sweet. I just planted 3 PW Rose Mallow, love them. Thank you for making life wonderful.

[@SeeFair23]

Thanks again Laura! With this Texas sun & heat, oh Lordy, .....😳😳. I'm now not hesitant about pruning.

[@PaulCuellar04]

Watch our heat stress + Pruning might hurt the plant

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Thanks for the helpful tips to enjoy our beautiful gardens.

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I so enjoy your knowledge. It encourages me to get out in my garden.

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Good things to think about. The heat is on and some of my plants look tired. Thanks!

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I love your kitty helper!

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I find this so complicated when I have a hundred different plants in my garden to remember and I have a memory worse than a goldfish but at least now I know the right questions to ask at the garden centre. Thank you!

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You should download gardenize great app that helps you keep track of watering plants and areas of your garden also you can set reminders on times to water, when to harvest etc.

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That Dexter kitty loves you SO much!

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I love that your cat gardens with you so does mine!!

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Wish I had a green house to get all those beautiful plants - your very lucky to have such beautiful flower beds

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I love that cat, a good companion.

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Your videos could never be too long! Great information again today, thanks so much for sharing. Looking forward to the next vid :) P.S. I'd love to see a garden video from Dexter's perspective! His favourite spots to play, watch birds and critters and tuck in for a nap. I love thay you include him - he's gorgeous and sweet

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Very helpful once again. Thanks Laura!

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Love how the cat goes with you like a dog......

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[@miller4hats]

Very informative! Can you tell us how you take care of your roses? Tfs

[@sanifordkate]

Something I like to do is cut back my plants a little at a time so I pretty much always have blooms

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I must admit I love your cat! I also love your videos!

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Would love a video that shows your compost pile...and any progress on your vegetable garden.

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Old videos of Dexter. Miss that cat.

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how can you be that pretty doing all those garden chores?!?

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I love your videos...I also live in zone 5...thank you

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Awww...Dexter 🐈🐈🐱🐱 he was so cute 😻😸

[@tomaaron6187]

Re gaps when cutting back. I go to the thrift stores and get a half dozen assorted wicker baskets for a couple dollars each.. In mid Spring I plant these Baskets up with various annuals. I move these baskets (light weight) around the garden to add colour to fill in ‘gaps’ between Perennial blooms. To add a bit of height they can be raised in some structure above the rejuvenating plants beneath. Later when new blooms of sine perennial add colour, I move the baskets to fill in some new gap.

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Thank you for this video! Very educational and informative!

[@TropicalFeelings]

These tips are so good. I see so many people leaving their garden looking like a zombieflower apocalypse

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Uh, like ours! My gardener does nothing! Knows nothing lol....an acre of land tons of foliage, plants, flowers and I myself, zero knowledge. I wish my dad was alive, he was a wonderful man who knew this stuff

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Brandine Morgan, uhhh, maybe get a new gardener??

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It's now May 2021 and this video is SO helpful, thank you!!

[@dianesfloralart]

Thanks again Laura for your ongoing expertise! You are my "go-to" place of info!! Speaking of that, I have a young Bomerang Lilac, planted a year ago in zone 6a. It showed all kinds of buds but as I waited for the fragrant blooms, a few barely open and all have turned brown. The remainder of the buds are doing nothing. Should I trim the buds back to give the plant more strength to produce? Its in good soil, watered drained well. I'm so disappointed so far.