Re: Advice

Ginny,

I also pull off the dead leaves and cut them back when I have time.  But
they generally get in a good flop before I get to them :-)

It was the yucca flower that is white, not the Perovskia -- mine have
blue/purple flowers on silvery foliage.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: ginny <vhw95@fast.net>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Advice
> Date: Tuesday, December 09, 1997 12:20 PM
> 
> For your flopping daylilies--cut the foliage back to about 2" after
> flowering.  They will spring back to life within a couple of weeks and
the
> foliage will remain attractive for the rest of the growing season.  Use
this
> technique on rebloomers with care so that you don't cut back and newly
> forming buds.  For varieties like Stella d'Oro, I usually hand pull the
> ratty-looking foliage.  It may look a bit strange for a couple of weeks,
but
> it, too, will come back.
> 
> What variety of Perovskia do you have that blooms white?
> Ginny, Z.6
> 
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