Re: fall cleanup for perennials
- To: "perennials"
- Subject: Re: fall cleanup for perennials
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 23:08:50 -0400
I second this...go ahead and cut them back. Once the flowers have faded,
that's all for the year except seed making for these plants. You should
see a rosette of new leaves at ground level, at least mine have them and
maintain them all winter. May not happen in your climate as it's colder
than mine. Best to cut the species types back before the seed flies all
over the garden, sez she who always waits too long and then gets the
pleasure of weeding out trillions of baby asters the next year.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: J. Lavallee <jerrylavallee@prodigy.net>
> Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 9:37 PM
>
> Ronnie,
> I too live in Western MA and just cut my asters down last weekend. I'd
say
> that they were in the same condition that yours are. Mine did have some
> sprouts at the base of the stems showing.
> Jerry
> Western MA
> Zone 5
>
>
>
> > here in Western Massachusetts. This is the first year that I have
grown
> > asters, Should I cut them down, and if so, how far -- down to the
ground?
> > Ronnie
> > Western Massachusetts
> > zone 5, Sunset zone 38.
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