Euphorbia wulfenii Cut back dead flowers. Still quite big.

Knautia macedonica Cut back dead flowers. Should come again this year.

Rosa ‘Complicata’ This flowered well, but had got too big. I cut it back to about 1′ above the ground. This is harder than ideal, but it should recover. I’ll lose the hips, of course.

Clematis ‘Ville de Lyon’ This had got rather straggly. I cut it back hard. Hopefully it will flower again this year on new wood. It usually does.

When I arrived this shrub had been pruned into a very dull ball. When I cut it to the ground I discovered the plant label, and realised that it has an AGM.

In 2017 it was superb and flowered well. It seemed to suffer from the Beast from the East in 2018, and the subsequent drought. Most of it died, and a bracket fungus seemed to indicate the end.

Then, earlier in 2019, part of it made a miraculous recovery. What next?

At last this is producing some flower. Not much, but worthwhile. I wonder what caused this.

See also: November 17, August 17

The thalictrum aquilegifolium in F2 are perfect this year. I didn’t give them a Chelsea Chop. Not too tall, standing up in the wind and flowering well. Presumably this is due to the particular weather conditions.

The same plants in F1 are much smaller, but still attractive. The euphorbia is bigger this year, which might have shaded them.

See also Jun 18, May 18, May 17

These continue to do well, so I don’t have to be any less firm with their pruning.

I could have pruned this even lower. I’d forgotten how white the bracts start.

This is flowering well, after being badly pruned last year. As soon as it’s finished flowering I’ll abandon the hips and cut it back to a better, bushier shape.

The clematis have just finished flowering. They’ll probably flower again a little. Hopefully they’ll keep out of the eaves until next year.

The wisteria didn’t flower, but if it had, now would be the time to get it out of the eaves.

Clematis ‘Ville de Lyon’ is not so good this year. When should I prune it? After fist flowering in early summer and in late winter / early spring? Feed?