Come and Come Again

There are some perennials I enjoy twice. After a first luscious bloom early in the season if I cut them back they will bloom again later in the year. The second bloom may not be as wonderful as the first bloom, but it is enough to make it worth the effort of cutting them back.

Here are some delphiniums currently in bloom after blooming profusely back in the early part of June. I cut the plants right back to the ground where new growth will come up, making the plant look fresh and new.



This Maltese Cross plant is giving a bright spot of orange in the garden even though this is August and it quit blooming profusely quite awhile ago.



This Salvia plant is reliable for repeat blooming through the summer.



And I realize that I don’t want the basil to bloom because I am harvesting the leaves, but by continually cutting the leaves these basil plants keep producing more leaves which means I will hopefully have enough pesto to last me through the winter.