Your poppies should be cut back close to the ground in the early winter to remove the dead growth and tidy the plant up. COPYRIGHT © 2020 ASK THE EXPERTS LLC.

The Perennial Plant Association chose it as their Perennial of Year for 2016, so we're hoping it will become more popularly used. Wait until the first hard frost, then cut the leaves back to the ground.Most of these have difficulty reflowering, or simply won’t, so leaving the seedheads attached during the early stages of the cold season allows the seeds to disperse and replenish the plant next year.Another icon of meadows and roadsides in the country, aster is a tough plant that wants to be left alone over the winter.How to Plant and Grow Cabbage: A Fall and Spring Staple CropAn icon in the garden, butterfly bushes offer a wild growth habit highlighted with brightly colored conical flowers.The rest of the plant can be ignored until springtime, when a quick touch-up cleaning is all that’s required.Certainly one of the more dramatic entries in the garden, gardeners will often cut back the flower stalk of a foxglove after it finishes blooming.Blanket flowers are sensitive to soggy soils, so avoid mulching them over the winter.Sedum is one of the first plants to push out new growth in the spring, so when you see those new rosettes forming, you’ll know spring has sprung.Hi there. Japanese anemone flowers are fragrant and attract pollinating insects. If allowed to drop their seed at the end of the season, new plants should pop up the next year.The 9 Best Footwear Choices for the GardenWith a tough common name like “stonecrop,” it’s no wonder that these guys like to be left alone in the winter. Remove the old, shriveled material in the spring to make room for new growth.Leave these standing over the winter to add some interest to the garden and encourage self-seeding.And if you’ve enjoyed this autumn inspired guide, be sure to check out some of these: Fall-blooming anemones, commonly called Japanese Anemones or Windflowers, are fabulous perennials, helping with this transition from one season to the next. Bejeweled with Japanese Anemones and Mountain fleece, this...Great Companion Plants for your Japanese AnemonesWith one of the longest-blooming seasons, up to 6-8 weeks, Japanese Anemones add brilliant color in the landscape, from mid or late summer through fall.A Fabulous Fall Border with Anemone, Verbena and SanguisorbaWhile every effort has been made to describe these plants accurately, please keep in mind that

A. hupehensis (and its variants) comes from Western China and was introduced here in 1908. It sometimes goes by the common name leadwort.Also known as Lindheimer’s clockweed, Lindheimer’s beeblossom, or Indian feather, the best chance to have these make a return appearance next year is to leave them undisturbed over the winter, so that they may self-seed.How to Grow Elderberries in Pots and ContainersThis lovely perennial comes in many varieties. Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) should be deadheaded all season long if you want to encourage more blossoms, and pruned in the spring before new growth starts. Tuberous types are best separated during their dormant period, usually in summer. I’ve dug them up and divided them in July, then sipped a cool mojito and admired their blooms in August.If you have room to let this guy grow, it will provide a beautiful and reliable wall of blue.An ever-present feature in any perennial bedsThe trick to doing this the right way is to know when to cut what – and that’s what we at Gardener’s Path have prepared for you to read today. For a more tidy plant, consider pruning the fresh buds in mid-summer, but if you want to watch that thing go wild you can sit back and watch the show.