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In my experience these take a loooong time to ripen to the point of harvesting seed. I've left the seed heads on all summer and harvested in the fall.Their dark color seed pods look nice in the garden. If you haven't had the pleasure yet...be prepared...the ripe seed pods smell like stinky feet! The first time I gathered a big bunch and brought them inside to dry I was taken aback... Like you,I have found that they self seed readily and since I don't need anymore, I am cutting of the old flower stems this year for the first time. I think I will leave a few bunches to gather seed from in the fall to share with others, but thats it. Such a pretty plant. Every garden should have some.

Thanks for your response, Linda. That particular perennial has been in my garden for over 10 years. When I wrote that they 'stopped blooming little white bell flowers', I meant they NEVER have normal blooms any more. I have many of the same variety scattered in my perennial gardens. NONE of the plants have normal white bell looking blooms for 2 years. The foliage is dark red/green like always. Just NO flowers only a fuzzy wispy icky growth where you'd imagine the blooms should have been. I should have taken a photo to show exactly what I'm seeing. Has anyone else seen this before?