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| Today my fiance mowed my lawn for the 1st time. I did not get a chance to show him where flowers are coming up so he could avoid them. He mowed down my very special bleeding heart, which my mother & I planted in 1990 when my father died. There is nothing left but chopped-off stems and one or two sprigs with leaves on them. I believe it will come back next year, but can anyone tell me if there is any hope of its revival this year? |
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| I bet you will get some foliage but maybe not flowers. |
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| I agree with Mollydog. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 24, 12 at 9:03
| lets put betting aside.. and suggest that with ABSOLUTELY NO IMPACT TO the ROOT MASS ... i doubt it will die.. unless you let him mow it again .. and again.. and again ... it will most likely.. regenerate the top part .. and probably bloom late.. out of cycle ... repeated mowing all summer long could be detrimental ... most root structures are storage units for next year.. so how well it regenerates green .. to store food for next year ... will result in how well it does next year ... but this early in the season ... i doubt there will be a big impact ... if any now.. what we really need to discuss.. is this guys use of power tools ... or in the alternative.. his ability to earn enough money.. to hire out these kinds of jobs.. lol and in his defense.. you need to work on delineating the flower beds from the lawn ... thru edging ... so go easy on him ... he was just trying to help ... [and God help me.. not the plastic edging] ... dont worry about it .... back to betting.. the odds are heavily in its favor ... here.. let me put it this way.. early summer hail storms.. can do EXACTLY the same thing to plants.. and 99% recover.. w/o looking back ... ken |
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- Posted by drbeanie2000 z6 MA (My Page) on Thu, Mar 29, 12 at 0:18
| How big was the plant, or at least, "how far along?" |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, Mar 29, 12 at 9:41
| I've not grown this plant, but there are threads around here where people complain they are hard to kill when they don't want them, so that's a good sign for your plant! My first reaction was the same as Ken's. If there was a border around this plant this wouldn't have happened. Now that you have a strong helper... Maybe y'all will do best with sharing the mowing. That's what we do here. I like to mow around the spiderwort in the grass, at least until about mid summer when they are finished blooming. My honey is willing to mow the whole thing, but not willing to do all of this turning and I respect that. So I do that part of the yard. I usually do the first few passes near the beds also to make sure the outflow is directed away from them. He sounds awesome, though. Taking the initiative to mow like that. It sounds like you know he was just trying to be helpful. Sounds like a keeper! |
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| While I know it's a special plant that has sentimental value to it related to your Father's demise..be thankful your boyfriend was mowing the lawn and like Ken suggested,take and show him the boundaries so he'll be more careful the next time he mows..plan a border or separation from the flowerbed and lawn. even if it means pressure treated landscape timbers or scallopped brick borders. Check on Free Cycle, maybe somebody is giving something like that away..or place that request on FREE Cycle for such in your area. Somebody was giving away about a dozen round brick stepping stones and I was the lucky winner last year. All I had to do was drive less than 10 miles to get them. |
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