Do you mean cut right down to the base like you would with e.g. a geranium? Mine has just started to go over so I've cut off the flowering stalks and the tattiest leaves, but the whole thing is looking a bit worse for wear now and I was wondering whether to just chop it all off...
@AndyDean .. yes, as Lyn said.. I should have said though I only grow named varieties that are renowned for repeat bloom... namely 'Roma'..'Warren Hills' and 'Buckland'.. all these have the same parentage [Astrantia maxima x major]... and are I think the best for general planting.. there is also a 'Shaggy' [aka 'Margery Fish'] that I don't have but is much recommended...
… the seed raised strain 'rosensinfonie' I have found not to be so good and I don't keep any self sown seedlings... ..they benefit from regular division as in time they develop a running rhizome...
I just took these photos of 'Roma'..
I moved this 'Warren Hills' just 2 weeks ago and already new shoots...
I have pale pink, white and dark red but they were all from seeds that someone sent me from our seed swap on here, I don’t mind what colours I get but have found that they’ve stayed true. ish,
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I have checked out the label, I have a white Astrantia called Star Beauty and I managed to get a couple of dozen seeds from it before I chopped the dead bits off, perhaps I will give it another chop having read the comments above, the plant is still in it's pot until I jiggle other plants around which I may not do for a month or so yet as some of the plants to move are still in bud or flowering. Watch this space!
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Do you mean cut right down to the base like you would with e.g. a geranium? Mine has just started to go over so I've cut off the flowering stalks and the tattiest leaves, but the whole thing is looking a bit worse for wear now and I was wondering whether to just chop it all off...
Thanks!
… the seed raised strain 'rosensinfonie' I have found not to be so good and I don't keep any self sown seedlings...
..they benefit from regular division as in time they develop a running rhizome...
I just took these photos of 'Roma'..
I moved this 'Warren Hills' just 2 weeks ago and already new shoots...
Not sure what the variety is now, but I'll give that a go with mine.
I'm aware of Roma, it's on my mental list of plants I'd like...