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| I've been gardening for a while, but just wondered if you experts have some guidelines for mixing biennials with perennials. It seems I have trouble "controlling" some of my biennials and they require the same time as a weed does if they're growing somewhere I don't want them. Specifically - forget me nots, China Pinks, larkspur. |
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| Yup, they do need editing, so it involves weeding. And then you need to pull them after they finish up. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 7:57
| you need to copiously deadhead .. those which you do not want to spread ... BEFORE they go to seed ... i used to do that.. and once i had a handful of seed pods.. i would place a few.. with a rock on top [i also cut up hangers to make two landscape pins].. WHERE I WANTED THEM ... so that next spring.. i would see the pin/rock and waste and hopefully [key word] remember what it was.. lol ... you are the master.. teach them a lesson ... basically.. you are complaining .... that they are too efficient in what they do ... rose campion is my current bane.. getting roundupped by the hundreds.. i am tired of them.. i will leave a few ... ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: cutting hangers is cheaper ...
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| Well, Rose campion is a short lived perennial, not an annual, but it does set a lot of seed. I too deadhead them. And that goes for many other perennials. I don't let yarrow, Echinacea, or most other perennials go to seed. |
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| Okay, so no magic involved. I pulled most of my forgetmenots right after bloom, and still have a billion starts. So I think I would be safe to try getting them before they drop seed, and I'm sure I'll have plenty for the next year. I too have rose campion, that I've edited through the years. Thanks all! |
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