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Can anyone tell me what I should be doing with the spent allium flower heads?



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I think it is a matter of taste Dawn. Some people like them and some don't. I seem to remember seeing/reading somewhere that the seeds will drop but they won't make flowering bulbs - however if I have just made this bit up in my head - I apologise :))))))

2 Jul, 2011

 

I leave mine, they show me where to plant more of them in the autumn!

3 Jul, 2011

 

I pull them out, Scottish is right about the seeds.....

3 Jul, 2011

 

Thanks for the advice on the alliums.
Dotty, when do you pull yours heads up? Do you think mine should come up now.

3 Jul, 2011

 

They will just come away in your hands Dawn - once they begin to flower they separate themselves from the bulb. I lift mine and they just come right out, the foliage should all be dead now anyway.
I am so excited that I got something right!!!!!!!!

3 Jul, 2011

 

Thanks Scottish, your expert advice is appreciated, lol.

4 Jul, 2011

 

Expert....I almost fell over laughing there Dawn. Ha ha ha ha.....just a good memory!!!

4 Jul, 2011



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