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Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 11:54
| How beautiful it was. But now the flowers are dead. I was wondering how you folks trim yours back. Do you leave it, or trim? I am curious how a weed eater would work on it. Anyone know a quick way to tidy it up. Thanks |
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RE: Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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| It's very tough. You can cut it back hard however is most convenient. |
RE: Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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| Thanks. I appreciate your answer. |
RE: Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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| I think a weed whacker would work great for large swaths of it. For smaller clumps, I just yank out the old flower stems by the fistful. It tidies up the plant very effectively. Since it spreads so readily, I find it needs to be kept in bounds somewhat. |
RE: Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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| Karin I laughed at how you yank it out by fist full. That's how I do the catmint ! I finally took a weed eater to the catmint and was done in no time. Worked great! That's when I thought hey I might be able to do the same to the Snow in Summer. I guess I will give it a try . |
RE: Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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| Yeah, maybe it's therapeutic to do the yanking? Actually I'll try almost anything to avoid cutting with garden clippers, which becomes entirely tedious after about 2 minutes. The only caution with the weed whacker on the snow in summer is that it will scatter the seeds far and wide. Not sure if that is a problem for you or not. The same would be true for catmint if it's a variety with viable seeds (which I would totally avoid, I have already made that mistake!). |
RE: Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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| "I'll try almost anything to avoid cutting with garden clippers" .... but it's a great upper arm workout. Some people pay money to gyms for that kind of exercise. |
RE: Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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| LOL, true enough! But exercise is one thing that is not lacking in my life, luckily.
Although, garden chores that are a core workout (shoveling, hoeing, carrying big rocks around) I do enjoy for some reason. But endless clipping, not so much. :) |
RE: Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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| I am not fond of the sound and needed safety equipment for using power tools if there is an efficient hand tool I can use instead, though I use power tools when they are the best option. I think I learned on this forum that old-fashioned hedge clippers work great for cutting back perennials. Those foot long blades do a great job of whacking back clumps of perennials. Just a few chops and it's done. |
RE: Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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I like the ponytail method myself - grab a fistful and scythe it with a sharp japanese grass knife, fling into compost barrow. Cutting with shears is one thing (especially when razor sharp) but grovelling about to gather up the (wayward) stems is one of my least enjoyed tasks...
Although I do just go for the brutal yanking and tugging with creeping campanulas...and clematis. |
RE: Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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| How nice to see this post, as I was just going to ask the same question! What I'm wondering, though, is my snow-in-summer is scraggly and brown on the bottom. Will it come back up nice in a few weeks if I cut it down now? |
RE: Cutting back Snow in Summer Ground Cover
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| Yes, it will bounce back fast, so you can be ruthless if need be. |
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