Care of perennials in the fall
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Cheryl @ Artzzle on Oct 26, 2013Ladies, what is Gaura? Thanks :)Helpful Reply
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JoshuaandAmber Morris on Oct 26, 2013Hello Bonnie:). In regards to your question about cutting back your flowers. You really should, I live in Florida, I love my flower garden, as do I our vegetable garden. We do have a fall here in Old Town, small town. Anyways, enough rambling!. You will not be disappointed with the results, meaning a larger volume of blooms/ healthier.Helpful Reply
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Linda on Oct 26, 2013I always cut my butterfly bushes in late winter. I cut them back to knee high height. They grow and flower on the new wood. If you don't cut them back they get very woody and they look shabby. The branches also break easy in the wind. I cut back my perennials back in October and leave a few cone flower seed heads for the birds to enjoy in winter.Helpful Reply
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Jeanette freeze on Oct 27, 2013verynteresting Some times I cut back guess it's if I not lazy this season but does make clean up spring better less work more time for enjoying the beauty ,Juat a thought any way good luck thru winter time one more time,Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Oct 27, 2013Cutting back perennials is somewhat a matter of preference, although many have seed heads that will fuel the birds and have a nice structure that adds winter interest to the garden. But I would definitely encourage you not to cut back that butterfly bush until early spring. They will make it through the winter much better if you do not cut them back now. When I worked at a nursery in New York and someone came in with a dead butterfly bush in the spring the first question we asked was when they cut it back.Helpful Reply
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Cheryl @ Artzzle on Oct 27, 2013Thanks Bonnie. I'll see if I can find it on HOUZZ or somewhere else online, to see a picture. It sounds nice.Helpful Reply
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Bonnie Bassett on Oct 27, 2013I took this photo today sorry I don't have a fancy camera and it was a little cloudy today so this is the best I could do ......this is gauraHelpful Reply
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