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Tried searching for info with poor results. A couple or three questions How tall does it grow? Deadheading - Complete stems or individual flowers? Summertime Blues instead? Cherry Bells? I'd be grateful for any experiences or opinions. Thanks |
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| Height depends on growing conditions. The better the soil, the taller it goes, more than 1 m and then it definitely needs support.Mine was ca.50 cm and still could stand on its own. The beuatiful thing about this one is that it is a clumper. All the other C.punctata or takesimana hybrids are just a plague, running wildly in all directions, impossible to weed out once inside other plants. Flowers are big , saturated dark violet , deadheading up to you, I removed individual spent flowers(easy). |
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- Posted by gottagarden z5 western NY (My Page) on Sat, Feb 25, 12 at 6:46
| cherry bells spread rampantly, so be forewarned. Kent Belle is nice, tall. I really like sarastro which is very similar but shorter and sturdier. It is also a clumper, not spreader. Sarastro reliably reblooms for me in the fall.
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| boday wrote: Summertime Blues instead? I have had SB for a couple of seasons. I like it as it is a long time bloomer, it doesnt spread and tolerates shade. It can flop but with some pruning this can be minimized. There is a more recent variety known as "Summertime Jazz" that is shorter and so maybe less prone to flopping? |
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- Posted by northerngirl_mi Z5 MI (My Page) on Mon, Feb 27, 12 at 11:38
| Kent Belle is a flopper for me - whether in full sun or part shade. I'm guessing it gets about 2 ft tall... Color is nice deep purple, and it is a healthy clumper, not picky, grows strongly, with lots and lots of stems. I bought a very wimpy Summertime Blues maybe three years ago. It is a much paler blue. It has been a slow grower for me... It still is only a few stems - it is a clumper, and has not yet shown signs of flopping. I just wish the daggone thing would be more vigorous, rather than the slow wimpy grower it still appears to be... Beth Z5 Northern Michigan |
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