Darren wrote:
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Any advice on this?
Thanks in advance, as always!

keep it watered at least once
a day until it starts sending
up some new growth. then back
off the water to every other day
as long as this heat persists and
we get no rain. once it cools
off let it go longer in between
watering and keep an eye on
it through the fall. if you have
planted it in an area that gets
bare in the winter consider
mulching it after the ground
freezes (and remove the mulch
as soon as the worst of the
winter is over).

these are fairly hearty plants.
i never water mine once they
are going and they rarely croak.
i lost 3 this past year because the
management forgot they were
there and landscape material'd
over them. i could have rescued
them, but i know the better
part of discretion and valor is to
smile nod and agree.

long lasting flowers and the birds
love the seeds, plus you will have
plenty of volunteers in time. i keep
a cone from each type in a paper
bag after they are ripe (watch out
they are quite pricky if you squeeze
them the wrong way) so i have
seeds to grow replacements
if i need them or to start plants for
people who'd like them.

which reminds me, i need to
rotate my stock this year as i think
these cones are from two years ago.

good luck,


songbird