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Cutting back mistake

WildlifeloverWildlifelover Posts: 380
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My wife who is no gardener has taken my instruction to cut back the Geum totally tangerine a bit too far! 

She has unfortunately cut it all back to about a couple of inches above the ground - is it likely to survive or do we need to get a replacement?

 Thanks. 


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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2022
    It'll recover ... it's remarkably resilient ... but it'll take a while ... can I suggest she absolves herself of her sin by getting you another geum to plant nearby to beautify the spot while you wait ...
    I recently bought Geum Can Can 
    https://proctorsnursery.co.uk/product/geum-can-can/ and am very pleased with it. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • WildlifeloverWildlifelover Posts: 380
    Phew, thanks. Is it likely to just get the basal leaf growth this year now and flower next spring as usual?

     I’ll pass on that link to her……..!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2022
    You may well get flowers later this year ... give it a bit of tlc ... maybe some BF&B or seaweed soution. @WonkyWomble has had Totally Tangerine in flower at nearly C*****mas time. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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