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Q. Columbine done blooming, what to do?
The Columbine is done blooming, long stems with pods on them. Are there seeds
in these pods that can be sown elsewhere to grow? I wish to either cut back the plant or relocate it now. How far back can it be cut back? Can I relocate it now? Oh, and Cereoid, I'm not interested in doing one of your nude fertility dances in this matter. |
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Q. Columbine done blooming, what to do?
"TOM KAN PA" wrote in message ... The Columbine is done blooming, long stems with pods on them. Are there seeds in these pods that can be sown elsewhere to grow? I wish to either cut back the plant or relocate it now. How far back can it be cut back? Can I relocate it now? Mine self sow and seem to have a high germination rate. They pop up by the hundreds in the immediate vicinity of the parent plant. If you want more, I would let the pods mature. They will turn dark brown and split open. There will be hundreds of tiny black seeds inside that look like poppy seeds. You can sprinkle them around the area that you want more. Mine seem to need to go through a winter and then germinate in the spring. Mine bloom the second year. If you just want to tidy them up you can cut the flower stems off. They can probably be transplanted, but they will tend to wilt. In SW Ohio, they are plagued by the columbine leaf miner and get ratty after they bloom. |
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Q. Columbine done blooming, what to do?
Those are seed pods on the plant. They will eventually open and you
can remove the seeds. If your planning on moving the plant I would probably wait until after the seeds have been produced if that is what your interested in. Mike |
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Q. Columbine done blooming, what to do?
"TOM KAN PA" wrote in message
... The Columbine is done blooming, long stems with pods on them. Are there seeds in these pods that can be sown elsewhere to grow? I wish to either cut back the plant or relocate it now. How far back can it be cut back? Can I relocate it now? My experience is that if you dead head columbines after bloom so that they don't set seed the plants survive for a number of years. Last year after four years of dead heading I decided to let the plants set seed. Every one of the original plants died during the winter, but I have hundreds of small plants coming up in the area. John |
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