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When do u prune ur hellobores.

8 replies

Paranoidandroidmarvin · 14/03/2023 09:33

I have been reading up. And people seem to do it at different times. Do u cut urs down to the roots? I have seen people do that and I was a bit 😱 I assume they grow back to that height again

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hoochycrone · 14/03/2023 10:03

Hey Smile I'd love to know the answer to this myself.
Hellebores are tough plants, as a guideline it's good to cut back the old leaves once flowering is finished.
Never heard of cutting them right back to the ground, but I'm sure some green fingered person will be along soon!

Paranoidandroidmarvin · 14/03/2023 10:08

Yup. All the videos I have watched even the garden answer lady cuts then right back to the ground.

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HyacinthineMacaw · 14/03/2023 10:10

I am no sort of expert, but I take the old leaves off after flowering, and mine are doing fine!

bilbodog · 14/03/2023 10:12

I cut the dead leaves off at ground level when required and when they start to flower (around january) i cut off the leaves that are left so the flowers take centre stage.

HyacinthineMacaw · 14/03/2023 10:18

bilbodog · 14/03/2023 10:12

I cut the dead leaves off at ground level when required and when they start to flower (around january) i cut off the leaves that are left so the flowers take centre stage.

Oh, I like this idea

<runs outside with secateurs>

Beebumble2 · 14/03/2023 11:49

HyacinthineMacaw · 14/03/2023 10:18

Oh, I like this idea

<runs outside with secateurs>

Yes I’ve be pen doing this for years. The old leaves tend to die back, go brown an unsightly after flowering, so you might as well remove them now. New leaves will pop up to feed the plant as the flowers fade.

MereDintofPandiculation · 14/03/2023 15:03

bilbodog · 14/03/2023 10:12

I cut the dead leaves off at ground level when required and when they start to flower (around january) i cut off the leaves that are left so the flowers take centre stage.

Hopefully you only cut last year’s leaves, not the newly developing leaves

SarahAndQuack · 14/03/2023 19:01

Take off the old leaves before (or if, like me, you are caught on the hop) during flowering. Don't put them in the compost - they are very liable to harbour infections. This is also the reason you really do want to cut them off and not risk it.

I wouldn't cut them to the ground including the new leaves.

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