By MELINDA MYERS
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Cultivate green thumb for long-lasting blooms

Regular flower bed maintenance will help keep your gardens looking their best all summer long

 

Last updated 7/3/2019 at 8:14am

A bit of grooming and care will keep your flower gardens looking their best throughout the hot summer months and into fall.

Remove the flower stems of salvias, veronicas and similar flowers as the blooms begin to fade. Use a pruner or sharp garden scissors and cut just above the first set of leaves or above the side shoots where new flower buds are forming.

Cut back flopping perennials like Walker’s Low catmint, veronica and Salvia that have finished their second flush of flowers. New growth will be sturdier, more compact and eventually covered with blooms.

Plants like daylilies and ballo...



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