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Charlie Pridham
Mar 3, 2010, 11:02:21 AM3/3/10
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> We have several clumps of dierama pulcherrimum in the garden, ranging
> in colour from silvery pink to deepest purple (makes 'blackbird' look
> positively anaemic!). Inevitably they become a bit scruffy over the
> years, with old dead leaves interspersed with the younger green ones.
> As I can't be bothered to tease out the dead leaves individually, over
> the next few weeks I plan to cut all the foliage right back, but my
> wife says this will stop them flowering this year.
>
> Comments please.
>
>
They certainly wont like it, faced with the same dilemma here my solution
was to get Liz to do it :~)
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Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
says...
> We have several clumps of dierama pulcherrimum in the garden, ranging
> in colour from silvery pink to deepest purple (makes 'blackbird' look
> positively anaemic!). Inevitably they become a bit scruffy over the
> years, with old dead leaves interspersed with the younger green ones.
> As I can't be bothered to tease out the dead leaves individually, over
> the next few weeks I plan to cut all the foliage right back, but my
> wife says this will stop them flowering this year.
>
> Comments please.
>
>
They certainly wont like it, faced with the same dilemma here my solution
was to get Liz to do it :~)
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
Jeff Layman
Mar 4, 2010, 1:03:20 PM3/4/10
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"Chris Hogg" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> We have several clumps of dierama pulcherrimum in the garden, ranging
> in colour from silvery pink to deepest purple (makes 'blackbird' look
> positively anaemic!). Inevitably they become a bit scruffy over the
> years, with old dead leaves interspersed with the younger green ones.
> As I can't be bothered to tease out the dead leaves individually, over
> the next few weeks I plan to cut all the foliage right back, but my
> wife says this will stop them flowering this year.
>
> Comments please.
>
> --
>
> Chris
>
> Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
> Mild, but very exposed to salt gales
>
news:ncqso5lietrpim4ou...@4ax.com...
> We have several clumps of dierama pulcherrimum in the garden, ranging
> in colour from silvery pink to deepest purple (makes 'blackbird' look
> positively anaemic!). Inevitably they become a bit scruffy over the
> years, with old dead leaves interspersed with the younger green ones.
> As I can't be bothered to tease out the dead leaves individually, over
> the next few weeks I plan to cut all the foliage right back, but my
> wife says this will stop them flowering this year.
>
> Comments please.
>
>
> Chris
>
> Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
> Mild, but very exposed to salt gales
>
I would have thought that it's next year's flowers which will suffer, as
this years flower buds should have already been formed, but I could be
wrong.
--
Jeff
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Spider
Mar 7, 2010, 6:49:21 AM3/7/10
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On 03/03/2010 14:04, Chris Hogg wrote:
> We have several clumps of dierama pulcherrimum in the garden, ranging
> in colour from silvery pink to deepest purple (makes 'blackbird' look
> positively anaemic!). Inevitably they become a bit scruffy over the
> years, with old dead leaves interspersed with the younger green ones.
> As I can't be bothered to tease out the dead leaves individually, over
> the next few weeks I plan to cut all the foliage right back, but my
> wife says this will stop them flowering this year.
>
> Comments please..> We have several clumps of dierama pulcherrimum in the garden, ranging
> in colour from silvery pink to deepest purple (makes 'blackbird' look
> positively anaemic!). Inevitably they become a bit scruffy over the
> years, with old dead leaves interspersed with the younger green ones.
> As I can't be bothered to tease out the dead leaves individually, over
> the next few weeks I plan to cut all the foliage right back, but my
> wife says this will stop them flowering this year.
>
>
I cut out dead foliage in autumn and again in spring, if necessary. In
late autumn, I cut back even the good green foliage by about 1/3 so that
wind rock over the winter period, when the soil is wetter, doesn't tear
the roots. The plants look tidier over winter and flowering doesn't
seem to be affected.
I confess it is a bit fiddly, but spreading the job over a few months
makes it easier.
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Spider
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