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How to keep your border looking good for longer
28.06.2023 - 12:43 / gardenersworld.com
As we approach the second half of summer, borders can start to look tired and untidy, especially if you have packed them with early summer flowers, like irises, lupins and oriental poppies that have now faded. There are some simple tasks you can do now to keep your border looking good for longer. Filling any gaps in your planting and tidying away old flower stems and leaves can quickly restore a border to a healthy and colourful display that can last right through to autumn.
Five ways to keep your border looking good all summer and beyondKeep weeding
Every gardener knows that weeding is the quickest way to make a border look tidy. Weeds will continue to appear all summer so keeping on top of them is vital. Weeding a little and often is the best way to keep them under control. As you walk past your border, pull out any obvious large weeds and any that are about to set seed. If you have more time, get in amongst your plants to clear weeds out before they get too established.
Cut back and tidy
Early summer perennials that have finished flowering can look untidy in a border. There are exceptions, like the Turkish sage, Phlomis russeliana, which has upright, structural stems, and some peonies have good autumn colour but many others just flop over, smothering surrounding plants. Cut them back after flowering, not to ground level but leaving a few leaves. Lupins, astrantias, Campanula lactiflora or geraniums like ‘Brookside’ and ‘Orion’, for example, will produce fresh leaves and sometimes, as a bonus, more flowers.
Fill gaps left by early perennials
Once you have cut back earlier flowering plants, you may be left with gaps in your border so take the opportunity to plant something new. You could try a late summer perennial like
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