Re:deadheading
- Subject: Re:deadheading
- From: "rebecca lance" r*@sonnet.com
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:08:55 -0700
All penstemons should be dead headed, unless you are attempting to collect
seed. Deadheading will prevent the plant from putting energy into
seedmaking that it might otherwise use to stay alive and strong in your
garden for another year. Many penstemon species are rather shortlived
anyway, so it is good to take cuttings. Some of my penstemons I deadhead
for 2-3 years and then just let them go to seed on the 3rd year so I can
start anew with fresh seedlings.
Rebecca Lance
Sonora CA
Zone 7
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>Subject: MEDIT-PLANTS digest 2316
>Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2002, 12:14 AM
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> I'm in the habit of dead heading all my flowering plants
> but it ocurred to me that perhaps some of them shouldn't
> be dead headed. I'm wondering specifically about salvia,
> like Indigo Spires and Waverly and penstemons.
>
> Barbara - in Berkeley
