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Allium leaves

Super gardenerSuper gardener Posts: 106
in Plants
My alliums are about to flower and the leaves look spent already. Is it ok to remove them?

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    If they are completely brown, yes. If not, they are needed to feed the bulb.
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  • Super gardenerSuper gardener Posts: 106
    Thank you, that’s what I thought.

  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Super gardener Allium leaves always start to die back as they flower. You could grow them through hardy geraniums. Lots of different ones for sun, you should be able to disguise the leaves and let them die back naturally.
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  • Super gardenerSuper gardener Posts: 106
    Thank you most are through geraniums but just some that are not- I’ll give them a bit longer to brown further and then tidy them.
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