Re: deadheading

Donna -

About catching those seeds....sometimes I will twist tie cheese cloth around 
the seed pod...this way when you miss the "pop" they will be caught in the 
cheese cloth.

I'm not sure if it is a fluck that I get some fall bloom or the fact that I 
put the bloom booster after labor day...I know I was surprised myself but it 
has happened for two years straight.  As far as deadheading....I'm a constant 
trimmer....my columbine die back in July usually (this year it will probably 
be June because it is already so hot) and I ignor them until I see them again 
in late September.  They are located right next to my pinecone shrimp which I 
begin to put bloom blooster on after labor day and I think they benefit from 
it.  Sometimes my blue columbine doesn't die back completely in the winter.  
I guess it has a semi-micro climate.  They are under a live oak which doesn't 
loose it's leaves until spring and the bed is in a protected spot by the 
house.  Maybe they have their season's confused!?!?!?!  Where I am, my fall 
like weather can last until January, winter being January/February....this 
year we only had fall like weather for our winter and our spring started in 
January, summer in April.  If I was a plant in the ground around here I'd be 
confused.

Good luck--

Kemberly McLain
Katy, Texas  Zone 9

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