Re: Ferns/Astilbe/Aconitum???
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Ferns/Astilbe/Aconitum???
- From: P* H*
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 23:21:22 EST
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In a message dated 03/22/2001 10:18:19 PM Central Standard Time,
naturverbunden@EMAIL.COM writes:
>
> I thought I had the Monkshood in a choice position as you described - right
> now they are beautiful. Foliage is lush and over the next 2+ months will
> develop flower stalks. Every year I get excited and think "THIS year they
> will be spectacular!!!" Then all of a sudden, some of the stalks turn brown
> (usually the older, more mature ones) and the puny little ones "bloom". I'm
> close to digging and pitching them but really DON'T want to.
>
> Louise
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Do they turn "brown" at the top of the plant or near the soil surface?