It's a very good time to prune back BUDDLEIA, remembering that it will grow to be 3 times it's pruned height - by the summer.
Decide how tall your tree should be next summer and divide by 3. If you want a 9 feet high tree, you need to cut the branches off to a maximum height of 3 feet.
Here it is, the pruned shrub. It'll grow to about 10 feet this summer. Although it's possible to kill off a Buddleia, you have to try very hard, if you want to achieve your killer goal. So this old trunk and branches could be halved in height and would still regenerate vigorously to make a 5 or 6 feet tall plant.
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As promised last week, here's the HELLEBORE that's been in flower for a week.
Now there's a bit of colour in the garden, it's very important to clear away dead leaves and emerging weeds so the soil/mulch can act as a foil to the flowers.
This rockery and pond looked fine, but now it looks smart. That trug full of leaves came from this one tiny area! Imagine if I threw all those leaves over the rockery - it'd make one big mess.
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