Home & Garden - 3 August 2007

Ive put in a new English cottage country type garden this year and I used some pretty Lupine plants. They flowered and they were great. Then the flowering stalks went and turned black and seeded. The seed stalks were so ugly and freakish.

Question is: Am I supposed to cut the seed stalks down before or after they seed? I did let them go because I wanted the seeds. But is it ok to cut the freaky black stalks down after the seed?

Also can anyone suggest a good follow-on plant to use in the garden. Something that is fairly tall and willowy and blooms later than the Lupine - perhaps Monarda (bee-balm) or Coneflower? Im in New England, btw.

Thanks so much!!

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Thanks in advance

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2007-08-03 01:44:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anna H 2 in Other - Home & Garden

are dahlia tubers supposed to be dug up and saved for the next year or are they thrown away?

2007-08-03 01:37:55 · 5 answers · asked by racer 51 7 in Garden & Landscape

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