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Scabious Black cat

LIONEL7LIONEL7 Posts: 2
in Problem solving
Last year I had the most wonderful display of flowers and the same could be said of my Scabiosa. I now look at the plants and they seem to have died off no life whatsoever in them. I did cut them back-should I have done?

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  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    Yes.  I used to leave the old foliage on over Winter, to protect them a bit from frost.  They will probably start showing new shoots as soon as the weather warms up.  I believe they are short-lived perennials.  We lost ours a few years ago, and I never had any more seed left.  A shame, as they are wonderful flowers.  Make sure to try and collect some seed from them in the Autumn.
  • LIONEL7LIONEL7 Posts: 2
    Most helpful. I didn't realise they were short-lived perenials.
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