Gardening Tips and Advice Week 8

Throughout lockdown it's important to get outdoors, and keep the mind occupied, a great way to combine the two is by doing some gardening.

This week Horticulture lecturer Joanna Loane has provided us with some helpful advice on cutting back perennials. 

Some of our garden perennials produce their flowers a little later in the season on fresh new shoots that are beginning to grow now, the plants are as glad to feel the warmer air and enjoy the extra daylight hours as we are! Salvia elegans is one of these perennials. To ensure a plant that is full of fresh new shoots to produce flowers from mid-summer through to late autumn, now is a good time to prune back the stems from last year.