One of components of care for perennials in autumn time when all plants are prepared for wintering, is cutting of peduncles and leaves. But there are plants which it is necessary to handle correctly, without having done much harm. Ahead winter - time of difficult tests for them.
There is number of long-term flowers with which everything is simple. In the middle of October begin to prepare plants for wintering. Cut off all peduncles and leaves, at the same time, leaving from 5 to 10-15 cm of elevated part from the earth. It is grassy peony, hybrid irises, panicled phloxes, lilies, asters, delphiniums, akvilegiya, sedum visible, nivyanik, ekhinatseya, coneflower, carnations, gipsofila, hollyhock, marjoram, melissa and others.
There is group of the blossoming perennials at which delete only floriferous escapes damaged and sick leaves. The majority of such plants can die if at them to cut off all foliage. To it belong: garden lungwort, bruner, geykher, astilba, hybrid anemones and others. Foliage serves them as additional blanket. And here at hosts the leaves cut off at will. These plants late leave the earth in the spring and in most cases the left foliage turns into the decaying weight which is not possible for removing without dehumidification. Also demand the special relation to cutting clematises. Some grades cut off completely, others partially, and the third do not touch at all. Therefore, buying clematises, it is necessary to find out to what group to cutting the grade belongs.
Such plants as bergenia, hepatica liverwort, the majority of pochvopokrovny sedums, kamnelomk, awl-shaped phlox, periwinkle do not demand cutting.
All long-term flowers after autumn cutting mulch organic chemistry, peat if there is no opportunity, then it is enough to introduce a little autumn fertilizer around plants and to hill the earth. Anyway on flower beds it is necessary to bring order. The carried-out autumn works will save time in new spring season.