Lavender2
Garden Addicted
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! ... journey!
Oh I need more sunny spots ... !!! Thanks for the great tips!
Oh I need more sunny spots ... !!! Thanks for the great tips!
Thanks Journey for the info.journey11 said:The seeds I planted I just started directly in the ground in spring. But most of what I get now, they start themselves, all over the place, and I just transplant them. They won't bloom until their second year.
I like to cut down the stalks when they're all done blooming and I toss them in an out of the way place to decompose and the next spring I find babies popping up all over the place! I give a lot of them away and take some to fill in if I lost one or want some more. They make a tap root like a carrot or dandelion (except it's beige).
They are very easy! Which I guess is why they are a country favorite. They'll happily grow in poor soil, but I found that they'll get a whole lot bigger and with more stalks (they can have like a dozen per plant!) if you top dress them/mulch them with a little compost and mostly grass clippings.
I will start deliberately saving the seeds from now on to share next year. They are one of my favorites.