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Bluebells- do you have to leave the leaves to wilt and collapse like daffs, post flowering?

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miljee · 18/05/2008 15:23

My front (rented) garden has a host of bluebells which look good in April but I now have a sea of greenery with seed heads poking up through. Can I cut them back (leaves, seed-heads or both?) or will it prevent good flowering next year?

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geekgirl · 18/05/2008 15:25

woops, are you meant to leave daff leaves?

Had a bit of a session with the Dutch hoe and the daffodil leaves this morning....

miljee · 18/05/2008 21:17

um, yes, technically you're supposed to dead head daffs to stop them putting their energy into seed production, then just leave them- you're not even supposed to tie them in a knot as that reduces the photosynthesis or somesuch! However, I get fed up with their ugly, sliming, yellowy-brown leaves by June so tend to clear them all then!

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