RESTART PERENNIALS

Penstemons and several other perennials flower early in summer, but lose their mojo by mid to late July. tall campanulas and early-flowering achilleas do that, as well as certain daisies. try cutting some or all of them back. make your cut close to the base of the plant. Doing that will nudge healthy plants into producing new flowering shoots. those will develop over the coming few weeks to supply a fresh, colourful show. But beware — many early perennials don’t re-flower.