Re: [SG] deadheading
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] deadheading
- From: C* P*
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 20:53:37 EDT
In a message dated 7/8/99 9:37:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
WeedRwoman@aol.com writes:
<< In my labor intensive garden I look for all the short cuts that will work
for
me. I've tried not cutting back spent blooms and stems on Nepeta, and also
several Salvias, the results being less second bloom, and fresh bloom
intermingled with the dead. Took me three or four times longer to clean
them up at that stage then it would have to just cut them down when they
finished blooming. >>
Patsy,
You are, no doubt, correct on the esthetic look of the plants. I wanted to
know if plants, lilies for instance, are affected in any way if they are not
deadheaded.
I am in zone 4 and nepeta and salvia will regrow but seldom rebloom so I have
not hurried to get them sheared.
I am interested in the flowering and formation of seed one year affecting the
bloom the next year. There are many true lilies blooming here and sometimes
I miss clipping the spent blooms. It does ot seem to affect the next year's
flowers.
Patsy, I think you and I are the only shadegardeners on the net this weekend.
Since no-one else is around I can say salvia transylvanica is a big surprise
in the blue flower group and hardy in zone 4.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
z4
