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Chop, chop! Demystifying the eponymous Chelsea Chop

It’s mid-May; beautiful blue skies, warm, sun-soaked days, heavy rain, freezing cold days and devious, late frosts. It has to be Chelsea Flower Show-time. The gathering of the horticultural glitterati, designer show-gardens to leave you breathless and a pavilion full to bursting with green stuff; no that’s an understatement if ever I’ve heard one. A horticultural heaven filled with a host of…

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Sedum matrona: top pic had a Chelsea chop in early June, bottom pic was left alone. The results of the chop mean fresh flowers coming now, November, (a late bonus in the garden) on a compact plant, versus the plant we left whose blooms are faded and browning (attractive to some) but the leggy stems means it has sprawled out considerably and tends to self-damage because of this. #sedum #chelseachop #GardeningTips #autumn #perennials #gardenimprovements #Cropic