Do You NEED to do Chelsea Chop?
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Rosy agrees with a comment left on our Chelsea Chop video that under the correct growing conditions this technique may not be necessary. Also we look at alternative techniques that spare some of the plant material. - Навчання та стиль
I'm in the US and grow almost exclusively native plants, so they don't ever get fed; they don't need it. They only get overwatered if the weather pattern rains a lot, the plants don't get watered by me since again native plants don't need much watering being drought and temperature hardy. But I do appreciate the thinning technique. My new plants are winter sown in jugs and they can be a bit thick.
In a mixed boarder you can’t really avoid over feeding and over watering because other plants require those conditions.
Yes understandable that the conditions are hard to get perfect for everything all the time. Try out the thinning technique if you want to keep some of the plant material you would normally fully remove
No plant requires having compost or manure every year. It's just that people like having very tall quick growing stuff that flowers profusely. But it shortens the lifespan of your plants, and makes them flop. For lower maintenance, just don't feed except in the first year if your soil is a bit lacking. But after that, no mulch no compost. Fill the empty space with groundcovers, sedges (carex), bulbs or grasses instead of mulch. It's more work the first few years, but then if well done you don't have to weed or mulch anything.
Thanks,Rosie,for this valuable plant info. We have a xeriscaped,bunny resistant front garden,which has lots of different sedums. We never fertilize them & rarely water,except when they were first planted. Wonderful champions in the garden ! You have helped us a lot. 🌈
Where I find this technique particularly helpful is controlling bloom timing - critical forage for our native bees is available even later - at least on this side of the pond - Zone 6 New England
That sounds interesting, would it work if the plant has already bloomed? For example if I chopped some early flowering geraniums back, would I get a second flowering? P.S. am in Edinburgh, so season is about 3/4 weeks behind middle England
The only plant in my garden that get's the short back and side's is orvala which is now finished flowering.
I have cosmos grown from seed ready to plant out and this should fill a gap in my bed.
I have two achillea moonwalked. So called because the flowers get so tall they dominate the border. They are about 7ft tall. Most of the stems hold up the flowers but they overshadow the rest of the borders. I dont fertilise or water them. If I Chelsea chop around now they only grow to about four foot so look much better.
It’s all dependent on the plant and how it’s been looked after I guess most of my plants are planted watered in and left to make their way in the border I always read the ideal conditions for them and buy accordingly.
There are plants that will grow tall without fertilizer, without much summer rain and not flop over, they're perfect because they require no maintenance. Achillea filipendulina is one, as well as some eryngiums or echinops. They're usually european flowers. Meanwhile, american flora like veronicastrum, monarda, eupatorium, helianthus etc... will need some humus in the soil and some summer rain. What they don't need is manure every year. I've only seen people do that in the UK, it seems like it's the basic recipe for a mixed border but in my opinion it should change, it's not healthy for the plants, they die too soon, they flop over...
Thank you Rosy. I was just about to send you a question about the Chelsea Chop, and here you are- speaking about it 🌱🌿 and you even mentioned verbascum which is so prolific in my garden.
Can you comment on eradicating goldenrod solidago, please? 😢geez, this one is a bully 😮
I had a trumpet vine I needed to get rid of and I used a kettle of boiling water pour it on roots a few times a day and apply some epsom salt directly to middle. It killed it after a few days of doing this and never returned. Invasive in my area.
Very informative and helpful - Thank You.
Hi Rosy! I compromise. I chop the front section of the plant and leave the back alone. THANKS!!!🌸🌸🌸
Hi, thanks for the info. It was lovely to see you working hard at Chelsea flowers show. I wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your advice but we were behind on the Hosta display next to your stand ❤
Ah! Slightly disagree with you Rosie…..I find the Chelsea Chop works very well with tall sedums. I cut prob half way and this prevents any flopping and have done this for past 3 years or so. Strangely too I find the flowering time is still late August early September. Maybe it’s the long growing season here…..Cornwall….that helps contribute to fast growth because at this time of year the sedums are already pretty tall???
Enjoy your videos though and thanks for them
If you do it early one this works great :) I agree.
Hi Rosy! I just did your “thinning” technique on my Montauk daisy. This led me to a question you might be able to answer. This plant appears healthy and robust and every year flushes out with healthy daisies. BUT within 10 days of blooming, the flowers all wilt. Do you have any idea what’s going on? (Zone 7 New Jersey) THANK YOU in advance. 🌸
Do you ever prune to shape? I'm thinking of the method in the book Well-Tended Perennial Garden. She has some interesting ways of shaping.
Traci is EXCELLENT!
I was going to Chelsea chop my dahlias but now perhaps I may just do a thin instead
Just pinch out the top and it will branch out. No need to chop just delicately prune strategically.
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