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By Maggywire

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What is the best thing to do after flowering


On plant Erysimum

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  • Question asked on 1 Jul, 2010

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dido
Dido
 

I just cut off as low as possible the spent fower spike, there should be lots more to come!!

1 Jul, 2010

scotsgran
Scotsgran
 

If you leave some of those seed pods they will self seed giving you new plants for next year. It is a very pretty colour. The rest cut back the flowering spikes.

1 Jul, 2010

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