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to clean up after other

In the month of November that I proceeded to cleaning up in my massive perennials, flowering perennials summer and fall when they are folded Defleur and their foliage is dry.

All waste will be incorporated into compost. This year, I left some plant fragments between strains of perennial and I covered with a layer of dead leaves. This contribution will enrich the soil organic matter into humus that will dry more slowly during the heat of summer.

However, for three species of perennial very robust, I intervened much later. This is the Six Hills Giant Nepeta, anemones of Japan and lady's mantle. In late November, these three are perennial foliage is green, sign that they are not yet entered into rest. Their presence helps to forget the emptiness that settles slowly into the garden. In general, it was not until mid December that I'll do it, but this year the snow and cold too bright prevented me from acting. There are still a few days, these plants had a rather neglected aspect .

Under the combined action of cold and damp, deciduous anemones rots quickly. It is easy to remove by hand, stem, fairly hard, must be pruned with secateurs. One must be careful and take care not to damage the buds coming out of land already. I finished raking debris that remain thin on the ground.

Anemones Japan before and after cleaning, 01/2011

For lady's mantle, must be removed regularly leaves scorched by frost, often the oldest and largest in using "a pair of shears. Two interventions are sufficient in most time. Meanwhile, new rosettes of leaves appear.

Alchemilla mollis before and after cleaning, 01/2011

As for nepeta, it is not moisture, quickly absorbed my land drainage, which gets rid of its leaves but the frost and snow. Simply cut to the base. In spring new shoots emerge.