Re: perennial expertise
My cosmo did the same thing - it was actually a blessing as the dew gave the plant
moisture which it was not going to get since we had such dry w weather and I was
unable to keep up with watering. I am new to this property - do Cosmos reseed?
Bill
Southeastern PA
Isabelle Hayes wrote:
> I recently gave myself a present: The Well-Tended Perennial Garden, by
> Aust-Sabato;
>
> there's lots of good advice in there, especially about cutting back plants
> when they first bloom, so that one gets a lower height in the long run, but
> a fuller and stronger plant; this applies to hollyhocks, and lots of others;
>
> I learned something very valuable last season, when a cosmo was bent over in
> a windstorm, but didn't break, and then all along the horizontal stem grew
> more vertical plants (and flowers eventually);
>
> so next year I intend to try to get this to happen with all tall stalked plants.
>
> Isabelle Hayes
>
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