Re: Bunching and Bowing Bulb Foliage
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Bunching and Bowing Bulb Foliage
- From: "* D* <m*@teleport.com>
- Date: 20 Jul 1998 21:33:56 -0000
At 03:21 PM 7/19/98 +0000, kvlykins@mail.atl.bellsouth.net wrote:
>> From: Blee811@aol.com
>
>Marilyn,
>
>Do you mean you cut the foliage off tulip bulbs that remain in place
>or those that you lift to replant, or both? How much do you cut off
>(i.e., is there enough to carry on some photosynthesis)?
>Kate Lykins
Kate, Since I am a very lazy gardener, I never lift my Tulip bulbs until
they are petered out (about the 3rd year) and need to be thrown away. When I
let my bulbs die down naturally they peter out after 3 years also. I cut the
foliage off close to ground level after 3 weeks or so to make room for new
plants. I doubt there is enough stem left to photosynthesize.
Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon, Zone 8b
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
