The Chelsea Chop is quite simply a useful pruning technique that you can use on some of your herbaceous perennials to delay or extend the flowering period.
What is the Chelsea Chop?
The Chelsea Flower Show
This is the week of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 - the most excting date in the garden lovers' calendar! I was lucky enough to visit the Chelsea Flower Show last year and was not disappointed in the array of floral and garden inspiration!
Fabulous Foxgloves
The absolutely fabulous foxglove is one those garden plants that I just could not be without! Their skyscraper stems of blooms bring colour and stature all around the garden and they do well in partial shade which is so useful for lots of areas but especially at the back of borders which can often back on to hedges or fences.
Brunnera Macrophylla for a Shady Spot
If you've got a shady spot that's a bit damp, plant a Brunnera, it's the kind of conditions they enjoy!
Daffodil Daft
Some gardeners find daffodil leaves to be a bit messy looking though after the flowers are gone. So what do you do neaten them up: cut them in half, bend them over and tie them together? No!!! Read on to find out what you do...
A Pop of Colour from a Primula Denticulata
A really welcome pop of colour in the garden today from a Primula Denticulata, otherwise know as a Drumstick Primula.
The Pink Wheelbarrow 