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new flower spikes on verbascum?
sthlndngrower
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I have several verbascum chiaxi album, the flower spikes are pretty faded now so I'm cutting them back. Do they throw up new spikes after pruning?
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I think you only get one spike per rosette, but they are often branched. Some foxgloves do this. I just cut off the flowered bit, and let the side shoots flower. I dont think you will get a new spike from the bottom this year.
I don't deadhead verbascums because mine grow side shoots from lower down on the flower stem - I'd hate to cut them off - and I also think they look better with the old flower spike still on while the side shoots are flowering.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
many thanks