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Geum

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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Are the old leaves meant to go mankey after the plant has flowered?

I've dead headed and dead leafed it. Young leaves look fine.

In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

    I've just pulled a load of really dried dead leaves off one of my geums but they were last years.  I usually just deadhead them and the leaves are usually OK.  I'm expecting them to continue flowering for months yet.

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    B3 says:

    Are the old leaves meant to go mankey after the plant has flowered?

    See original post

     yeah, keep trimming the old stems off

    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

    Thanks chapsimage

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627

    Yeah mine has mankey yellowing leaves too. I spent ages on Saturday tidying it up, removing said leaves and dead flower stalks.  No sign of more flower stems and buds yet, will feed it tomorrow.  It gets very thirsty even though Im soaking it daily.

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