Summer Cut Back || Which Perennials & How || Beyond Deadheading

This video is about summer maintenance of perennials, the ones that need cutting to the ground after flowering. It gives a list of perennials that can be treated in this way and shows how to do it.
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[@GardeningatDouentza]

Since making this video I remembered that I also cut back the early flowering varieties of leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy) and aconitum (monkshood). Hope this helps.

[@harrywolfe923]

Yes, thanks! Was wondering about aconitum

[@gartmorn]

Yes, I also cut my ox eye daisies back hard.

[@FernandaNascimentoOrchids]

Great advice as usual. I admire your energy 😅 Looking forward to the tour of the garden, all looks great already ❤

[@wandashaw3551]

That was a true garden workout!! I absolutely love seeing your beautiful garden!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Well, it took a bit of time alright 😝😝 Thanks, Wanda.

[@rose2fame1]

Hi Rachel, your garden is looking great after your rains that you had. I think that your haircut looks nice too. TTFN

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Oh thank you!

[@soniewhitten4844]

you have such a beautiful garden. thanks for sharing. be safe.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment and have a great evening.

[@wendybartlett6717]

Thanks for this video Rachel. It was really helpful and just to let you know, I never get a second flush either. I thought I was doing something wrong but you've reassured me. Your garden is looking fabulous.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you, Wendy. It is good to know 😊

[@Factopia776]

Your beautiful garden looks like a dream, and it's evident that you're passionate about nurturing it. Your attention to detail in caring for these perennials truly showcases your expertise. I loved how you carefully selected the specific group of plants that respond well to the radical summer cutback, ensuring a stunning display throughout the season.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you 🏵️🌷🌸🌺

[@M-TGram]

Thank you for a really useful video. I've only been gardening for a couple of years so although I'm happy with deadheading and pruning, I'm still a little unsure about doing a full cut back. Your video was very clear and I will refer to it again. Seeing your results encourages me to be a bit braver with some plants!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Glad it was helpful! Be brave!

[@chrisdye5068]

I cut my veronica back to the ground this time of the year. I'll get another nice flush of flowers. Looking forword to next Sunday tour. Like your channel very much.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you for that addition and see you next Sunday!

[@Flora-Interior]

I always learn so much from you And what a lovely background

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you. Glad the video was helpful and thank you for the compliments on my border.

[@nannybannany]

What a great video! I was jus searching if I can cut back my Astilbe or not!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Hmmm, I have never cut astilbe back but it certainly can get to look shabby. Do an experiment with some of it if no one can give you a definitive answer!

[@marylalone7104]

Great information. And thanks for the info about the secaueurs- just ordered them. I’ll be careful of my fingertips 😁

[@GardeningatDouentza]

It is a great secateurs but do be careful of your fingers!

[@MultimediaIreland]

I cut back Veronica spicata, it grows new foliage and even flowers again. On noticing your little improtu promo for that secateurs, I was pruning salvia after the drought ended, had large bunches of it cut, it was starting to rain so I started chopping it up rapidly, nearly cutting the top of my finger off. As it was late in the evening I ended up in A&E. 😀

[@GardeningatDouentza]

OMG, I hope you are okay. I did that one time, cutting back shasta daisies quickly before some visitors came. Those secateurs can be shocking sharp! And thank you re Veronica spicata. I don't grow it but I'm sure many do.

[@janealt3914]

Excellent video, thank you so much. I have found that Trachelium caeruleum 'Hamer Pandora' and Salvia nemerosa respond well to summer cut back. For context I am in California, Zone 10b.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you for that. I bought Trachelium caeruleum 'Black Night' just this year. I will have to see how it behaves.

[@christopherhills1609]

I do get a second flush of flowers on my astrantias but don’t cut back quite so hard. As for persicaria Red Dragon I cut several times during the growing season…..this keeps plants neat and bushy plus maintains the rich colouring of the foliage throughout the season

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Very interesting information. Thank you.

[@maynardgreenhouse]

Phlox subulata, iberis, lamium, allysum and most early spring growing plants

[@yingchen9618]

I cut down speedwell (pink, purple and white) every year on July 4th, it alway have 2nd blooming on earlier September.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Veronica, yes, that's right. Thank you for reminding me. I do the same with my Veronica gentianoides but completely forgot.

[@alanthecat59]

😻

[@sheilaquinn2087]

I am in the process of cutting back most of my garden, so that once the extreme heat, here in Madrid, is over, it will all flower again. This year is the first time I've cut the gauras back so it will be interesting to see what happens with them

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Well, you have a different climate from mine but the principles hold. Happy growing and flowering!

[@declanobrien2677]

I cut my Centaurea back in June to get a second flush of growth and flowers.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Very good. Several people have said this. Not one I personally grow. Thanks for the info.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

I like to cut both Red Campion and Lamb's Ears (Stachys byzantina) to the ground once they've finished flowering and start to look straggly in late June/Early July. The new growth comes through the winter nicely and gets a head-start of healthy strong growth before the slugs and snails notice lol x

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You have reminded me that I also cut red campion back. I cut the flowering stems of lamb's ear. Wouldn't want to cut the soft foliage. Does it get tatty for you?

[@dunbardunelm3924]

@@GardeningatDouentza Yes, I cut back the Lamb's Ears flowering stems down to the very base.. specifically, I only did so as the plant was being overwatered so was yellowing and showing signs of mould (it's in a community garden) so after cutting back i gave it a blood fish and bone feed and gravel mulch x

[@gartmorn]

I’m not surprised to see Persicaria on the list! I just tried it for the first time this year and it’s is racing away, almost weed like! I don’t know how it will get on coping with a Scottish winter though? I have a few cuttings to overwinter just in case! I cut back hard my Centaurea each year to good effect!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

The persicaria on this list is a clump forming one. I do agree that a lot of persicaria, however, need careful management

[@gartmorn]

@@GardeningatDouentza yes, it’s the same one I have so I couldn’t comment on others.

[@gartmorn]

I beg your pardon my one is purple fantasy which is probably more prostrate in habit!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

@@gartmorn Ah yes, by all accounts a bit of a runner but superb foliage. Hmmm, maybe I'll try cutting it back next year

[@gartmorn]

@@GardeningatDouentza the sort of plant you prune with a spade!

[@lianagilbert61]

central Texas zone 8b, i have had to remove almost all of the rudbeckia, candytuft, sunflowers and some of the white daisies. The zinnias, celosia, and gomphrena are taking over. the ones i remove are usually because they died from the heat. I did cut back the catmint today. I am wondering when to cut back blue jean baby russian sage. It is looking spent.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I don't know the answer to your question about Russian sage. It would never need cutting back here in our climate

[@tinajordan6591]

Great video Rachel. Lillie's look fabulous, do you stake them?. I have looked everywhere for manardo cambridge scarlet under your recommendation and I cannot source it

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Tina, I will make you a division in autumn.

[@tinajordan6591]

@@GardeningatDouentza Rachel. That is very kind. Thank you so much?. I have surplus salvias if you would like any, amistad.... Bumble and love and wishes

[@helenharland6050]

I find the Koppen Climate classification is a more accurate and universal measure of climatic conditions. Any unique micro climates to your garden can be mentioned along the way.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

That might well be but I am trying to use a classification that viewers know.

[@dadamikulasova9715]

Hi, in slovakia, zone 7, I have second flowering. But I cut only flower stems almost at the ground, not leaves.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Not sure which plant you're talking about but that's good.

[@dadamikulasova9715]

@@GardeningatDouentza haha, i forgot, astrantia :)

[@catherinehenderson627]

I always cut back my salvias to the ground and they reflower that year

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I must ask, which salvias and where are you?

[@catherinehenderson627]

@@GardeningatDouentza I am in the Scottish Borders and cut back the spiked type salvias not the tall semi hardy ones like amistaad

[@janitapanos240]

Spiderwort can be cut back in summer.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Tradescanthia, really? Well, thank you for that. To tell the truth, I dug out my final plant this year but maybe if I'd thought to cut it back, I might have kept it!

[@scallywags12]

Hardy geraniums

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Yes, already on the list.

[@tinajordan6591]

Forgot to say I cut crocosmia Lucifer right to the ground after flowering every year

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Oh yeah, me too actually because mine flop all over my box hedge if I don't. Was so nervous the first year because I was cutting back bulbs but Lucifer is a titan among bulbs. Good point!