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30-05-2005, 02:12 AM

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If I clip off these flowers when they are dying off and bury the dying
flower clippings in the planter will they grow a new? I thought I had
read something about this on here recently, but wasn't sure if these
two types of flowers fall into that category.

Toby

The dead heads that get pollinated or whathaveyou become seeds.
Towards the end of the season i let them get ratty and dried out on
the stem then collect a bunch for the next year. The seeds are rather
unusual looking--like tiny matchsticks. One end is black , the other
is feathery with long strands, like a broom. They are rather large for
seeds, about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. If you roll a dried dead-head
around in your fingers the seeds will come out. I also do that with
Nasturtiums since they are both beneficial plants. The only geraniums
I've had I over wintered indoors. The flowers when left develop into
spikes, which contian the seeds from my understanding. I've never had
them reseed though. Actually I take that back I did see one wild one.

DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
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