heat warms soil.. and triggers hormones to trigger leaf emergence ... as the season goes on.. hormones change to flower production ... after that is done.. hormone change start root growth.. for storage of energy for next years emergence ... does that answer your question.. lol. probably not ... enjoy the flowers for what they are.. and either cut them off to start eh next phase.. or let the pods mature ... i guess what i am struggling to say.. is that it will start the next phase of growth.. and whether that is more leaves.. i dont know.. because that thing is all out of phase.. or whack.. ken ps: manipulation of those differing hormones .. is basically what TC is all about ...

Since I am not 110% sure that I have no virus on any of the dried up leaves, there will be no voles tunneling under the clumps of old leaves and no slug eggs overwinter under any of the dead leaves, I remove dried hosta leaves and put those in the garbage. For mulch I use chopped up tree leaves and compost, less than 1 inch high.This is not esthetics, it is keeping the place clean. Bernd

Hi everyone- thanks for the help and suggestions! I have a few cuttings at my parent's house stateside that looked totally dead. They haven't done anything in the last 2 months. I took a tiny blade to make a small slice in the bark (I read somewhere that if it's still green under the bark it's still alive) and sure enough, a few are still alive! I'm not sure that means they'll stay alive, especially since I cut into their bark. :( I am not quite sure how to tell when parts of the mother plant are semi-mature but I think I did come across that once in my searching. I am going to take a few more cuttings (if there are only good ones left!) in about a month so fingers crossed, I can make them grow. If not, I think I'm taking Ken's advice and buying some stateside. Thanks again everyone!

Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley Thank you! I had no idea that fungus gnats would attack rooted cuttings and cause wilt and killing them. I have had a few rooted cutting die in the last month....leafed out, then wilt and die. I did not water with mosquito bits, but I did try 1/3 hydrogen peroxide with 2/3 water. I also just recently read that a low fan with help dry out the top of the soil and it can cut down the gnats laying eggs. Too wet of soil has been causing me problems. I also had aphids from the new growth and blew them off with compressed air outside. cheekychick510 It takes a little bit to keep the cuttings alive after rooting, but keep it up. Rose Geek youtube has a number of ideas too. But this is more helpful to ask questions here.