http://gardenblog.winterthur.org/2008/05/12/greater-philadelphia-gardens/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:37:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gardenblog.winterthur.org/2008/05/12/greater-philadelphia-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Thu, 15 May 2008 14:43:55 +0000 http://winterthurgarden.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-43 Great! Thanks for the tip!

]]> http://gardenblog.winterthur.org/2008/05/12/greater-philadelphia-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Wed, 14 May 2008 21:04:56 +0000 http://winterthurgarden.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-42 Monkshood is a summer flowering perennial. A trick you can use with monkshood, asters, and other summer flowering perennials (and some summer flowering shrubs) is to cut them back in late spring. This reduces their size but still allows them time to flower. I try not to cut back any later than June while other gardeners use the size of the plant as a guide. Now would be a good time to cut your monkshood back – you should probably do it when it is between 1′ and 2′ tall. If there are some low spikes beginning to form on the plant I would try and keep those intact. If you do this now, the plant should be more compact and bushy when it comes into flower.

]]> http://gardenblog.winterthur.org/2008/05/12/greater-philadelphia-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Wed, 14 May 2008 14:10:33 +0000 http://winterthurgarden.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-41 I have a question about monkshood (aconite)–last fall i planted several of them in my garden and they looked great. This spring, they are already about 2 1/2 feet high and i’m worried they might be getting too leggy. Should i be pinching them back now, or just let nature take its course? Thanks.

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