The Summer Cut Back
It might sound ruthless, but sometimes, cutting a plant almost to the ground in the middle of the growing season is one of the best things you can do for it. That’s especially true for perennial flowers that are notorious for coming down with fungal leaf infections around the time they’re done blooming. And, perennials are sometimes attacked so severely by bugs that there’s not much healthy, green foliage left. In both cases, the result is the same – ugly plants that are discolored, collapsing, and generally an eyesore in the July/August garden.
Veteran gardeners know that with severe summertime cutbacks, plants typically respond by pushing up clean, new shoots in a matter of weeks, then go on to look fresh and uninfected the rest of the year.
Please take a look at this helpful video on the topic:
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