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My delphiniums have been battered by the recent bad weather and I want to cut down the flower spikes on the worst affected. Do I cut them right to the ground or just below where the flower starts? I also want to do the same with the lupins (I

with senetti few years back hoping to produce summer floweriing plants by cutting back very hard.  They produced short dumpy plants ..not too impressive. Cuttings were easy.....after flowering I just inserted non flowered shoots into mpc with added perlite

had lovelyy floers three years ago then none last year and probably the same this year Hello Garry are you growing the tall varieties or low growing oners? I think they flower on last years growth. Once they've flowered you cut out the flowered

when the plants are less likely to wilt, and pot them up as soon as you can, keeping them out of strong sunlight.PinksCuttings compostGardeners' knifeSecateursSmall potsJune20 minutesSnip 10cm lengths from the tops of healthy, non-flowering shoots

Hi my alliums have finished flowering I think, do you cut them down or leave them standing, mine are in a tub? Like most bulbs, I'd leave them to die down naturally so that the goodness goes back into the bulb. Also a good feed is what I give mine

died back should we now group the leaves together & tie them in a knot or cut them back? hello! I am new to gardening and have started off with basics that give colour to the garden, but the garden is overrun by ivy - in the flower beds, patio

plants the following summer. Kept on a warm windowsill over winter, your cuttings will quickly develop roots and leaves. They'll be ready to plant out in spring, and will flower all summer.Established geranium (pelargonium) plantPlastic potsSeed compost

Spring-flowering shrubs, such as physocarpus, philadelphus, forsythia and weigela produce their blooms on the woody stems made in the previous year. Cut out these stems as soon as the flowers have faded (or by July at the latest) and leave

Most rambling roses only flower once during the season which means that they can be pruned as soon as they've finished flowering. Cutting out the flowered stems makes space for vigorous new shoots which grow from the base of the plant. These can

.  I think fuschias look much better cut hard back and they flower better.  You will delay floweriing ....prob won't get any til late summer Cuf  cleanly.....sharp secateurs...and no jagged or damaged cuts.  And then give it a feed of any balanced