I used to grow Achillea 'Cerise Queen' and I deadheaded. We get too much rain in autumn so plants don't often get the frosted thing - they just look lousy. I'm a bit like Verd - I like plants being tidy so I prefer to remove spent flower heads as often as possible unless it's something I particularly want to seed around.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Coppery orange sounds nice. I love them when they are fr esh, shame they go over, I did Chelsea chop mine, the pink one stayed quite short.
Mrs G, if you cut it with about 4 x 4 squares and leave a long 'tail' on each corner, you wrap that round the cane, start them off low and as the plant grows you can lift it higher, you wil need a pair of pliers to twist it round the cane.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I can send you pieces of walther Funcke and terracotta if you like. It'll be in the autumn as I'm dividing and moving them both.That's if you don't mind small plants to bring on.
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That's good I've got a roll in the shed and some very floppy plants!
I used to grow Achillea 'Cerise Queen' and I deadheaded. We get too much rain in autumn so plants don't often get the frosted thing - they just look lousy. I'm a bit like Verd - I like plants being tidy so I prefer to remove spent flower heads as often as possible unless it's something I particularly want to seed around.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Verdun...what compact Achilles have you got?? Mine is the pink flowers and its so very tall. Pretty flowers but rather untidy.
Coppery orange sounds nice. I love them when they are fr esh, shame they go over, I did Chelsea chop mine, the pink one stayed quite short.
Mrs G, if you cut it with about 4 x 4 squares and leave a long 'tail' on each corner, you wrap that round the cane, start them off low and as the plant grows you can lift it higher, you wil need a pair of pliers to twist it round the cane.
Thanks I will try that!
This is all very interesting and helpful - thank you everyone - carry on
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Tks Verdun...on the shopping list.
I can send you pieces of walther Funcke and terracotta if you like. It'll be in the autumn as I'm dividing and moving them both.That's if you don't mind small plants to bring on.
Oh thanks Victoria Sponge...I like that. Let me know when and how. Let you know now..I'm not around all of November.