Do geums repeat flower?

[that1970shouse]

I bought some gorgeous red-flowered geums a couple of months ago. They have been magnificent but the flowers have now finished. I've cut the flowering stems down to the level of the leaves. Will they re-flower or is that it for the year? I've never grown geums before.

I’ve always just dead headed them as the individual flowers fade. I’ve only got a couple, which I didn’t plant, but can’t remember them throwing up new flower spikes.

Hi OP we only had geums for the first time last year and bought a couple more this year. LY I seem to remember that they flowered for much longer but I think their flowering season is June/July and this year it’s been colder and much rainier. Maybe that has a bearing?

They will die down to nothing this year and then next late Spring appear and be magnificent again!

I’m not a gardener though, just my observations!

Ok thanks for the info. That's a bit disappointing but I do have other plants around like Lobelia Cardinalis and Echinacea which will hopefully take over.

Mine flowered quite a long time but I only deadheaded or let them be. Didn't cut them right down. They died then sprung up the next year. This is their third year. Not as much flowering but I have been spectacularly negligent and have fed them anything for two years. Hopefully you will enjoy them again anyway
Hope you have fun with yours. They are beautiful bright flowers.

@that1970shouse I planted Geum Mrs. Bradshaw earlier this year. It flowered very well, and I cut the flower stems back when they had finished about a month ago. I’ve just looked, and there is a new flower stem coming up! So they obviously do flower again, maybe depending on weather factors.

[quote NanTheWiser]@that1970shouse I planted Geum Mrs. Bradshaw earlier this year. It flowered very well, and I cut the flower stems back when they had finished about a month ago. I’ve just looked, and there is a new flower stem coming up! So they obviously do flower again, maybe depending on weather factors.[/quote]
Oh, that's very good to know. It would be wonderful if they did flower again this year.

Just thought I would update this thread to say that new flower stems are now growing. It's almost three weeks since I cut down the old stems and the new buds are only just coming; it could be another couple of weeks until they open, but at least I've got a second flush coming.

Yes, mine is going strong too!

Mine are still flowering, and have been for about 3 months now. I started with one red and one orange, but by dividing this spring I now have a massive patch of each.

My granny taught me how to dead head them. On a stool in the sun with a glass of wine in one hand and a scissors in the other Every 2 or 3 days I snip off the seed head, and more come, taller each time.

They are short lived and will flower much better if divided every 2 or 3 years.