Remember how I nearly wept as I pruned my Sedum spectabile a few months ago? Well, it is in flower now, and my goodness, that hard cutting back was worth it. Not only has the plant avoided a doughnut-shaped belly-flop outwards, but it is covered in more flowers than it would have been if I had left it to its own devices.
When I found it in the garden last year, shortly after we had arrived, it had one enormous bloom on each stem, which was lying in a most ungainly fashion on the ground. Now, each stem has several blooms, albeit smaller, but the overall effect is far more a pink fluffy cloud than ugly doughnut. The bees are thrilled with this late source of nectar, and are whizzing from one rosy helicopter landing pad to another. So we’re all happy.
