What's cutting off my purple coneflower at the stem?
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Cut off green stems on variegated costus arabicus?
Comments (4)It's somewhat a question in my mind whether one might have to remove the new leader as well as the green canes as the leaders themselves may have "reverted" and just continuously produce green shoots?? If you cut the green ones off and those are subsequently replaced by more solid green ones , you may have to remove that particular leader entirely?? I've been much tempted to try growing the variety in question over the variegated speciosus, because of the much stonger variegation pictured for the "amazonicus", but if "reverting" is such a problem , I may reconsider. I have the "barbatus", but since it's such a reluctant bloomer for me indoors during the winter, I'd thought having one with the much showier variegated leaves would provide more interest and color , even should it never flower. I do like the appearance of the costus in general with their unusual growth habit, but the variegation would be a big plus for me....See MoreOld stems of hydrangea - should I cut them off?
Comments (1)If there is no sign of new growth on the stems now, then yes, remove them. Cut back all the way to the base of the plant or to where any new growth is apparent. Not knowing where you are located, it's hard to speculate why these stems started to leaf out then stopped. In my area - where winter protection is usually unnecessary - we did experience some late hard frosts after the hydrangeas began to bud out. Any growth that was present died from cold damage. Not sure what 'growmore' is but assume it some sort of compost, composted manure or composted biosolids. None of these is likely to have caused the damage you describe......sounds much more like it is weather related. Depending on location and what hydrangeas you are growing, you may or may not get flowers this season. Just focus on keeping the plants happy and healthy, protect for winter if appropriate and you should enjoy flowers as usual next season....See MoreAll my coneflowers, cup plant and others -- stem rot?
Comments (3)Thanks Dr. Liz. We've not had as much rain here in Dayton as you've had, we seem to be in some kind of rain shadow, but it has been more damp and cool than the summers of the past decade. Delightful, to be sure, but sad that my flowers are nil. I am not too worried for the plants themselves but they look a mite weedy without the flowers. Oh well. I will research organic fungicides, as pulling all affected parts might mean yanking entire fields of flowers....See MoreMy tomato plants have been cut off whole on the upper stems-not deer?p
Comments (4)I have seen deer leap over 9 foot tall fences so a fence would never be too high, however, a lack of tracks may be telling. If the soil is soft enough for deer tracks it should also be soft enough for rabbit tracks, or any other animal. How high up is the damage? If over a foot high it probably is not rabbits. What comes to mind with tomatoes right off would be the tomato hornworm....See MoreKaveh Maguire Garden Design
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