Beginner Gardening: What to cut back after blooming?, 1 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
Amac---- Flower above is Centaurea macrocephala, 3', blooms early summer -frost in my zone 5 garden. I see your in Canada, what is your zone ( if your not rated for zone, what is the lowest winter temp. and when is your average first frost in the autumn? I happen to have this perenn. and love it. Yes, cut back the blooms after they are past pime as they will continue to produce blooms til hard frost I grew from seed obtained from Thompson Morgan Seed out of England. Now in 3rd year and are 36X36", I just love 'em. Post other pix and let's see if we can help identify the other plants. Hope that helps a bit. Good Luck, Kathy. Pix is Centaurea machrocephala and unopened Veronica spicata "Sightseeing Blue" at 28". Enjoy!