My geums don’t seem to have flowered for very long, I did dead head them but didn’t get many new flowers. Should I trim down the flower spikes/stalks to the leaves now and will they flower again? Seems early for them to be over I’m sure in previous years I’ve had a longer flowering season? I’ve not cut the long flower stems down before.
I’d cut the stems right down to get the best chance of another flush. I rarely get a second flush, maybe the odd one.
Hi depends on the variety , the more modern ones like Tottaly tangerine will re flower .. but the old Mrs Bradshaw you may get a odd stem as a xtra later in the year the hotter it is speeds up the flowering so don’t last as long
I put some in the border (south facing) as told they like full sun, with the drought they seemed to have withered and may have died, I am now water furiously hoping for them to come back.
Thank you for the replies, I have both of those, Mrs Bradshaw - I think I blinked and missed that one this year and 3 totally tangerine that flowered slightly longer! I’ll cut the stalks down anyway to tidy them up.
