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About Tom Alonzo
Expertise
I have been a gardener for 20 years with perennials both growing from seed and from nurseries. I went through the Master Gardener Program from Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service and I answered questions on the Hotline a few years ago for the Wyandotte County Kansas Extension Service. I have also lived in the Florida, California, Hawaii, Arizona, Texas, Kansas and Missouri and am experienced with a variety of climates, soils and weather conditions.
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I have been growing perennials for over 20 years now. I am self-taught mostly except for a master gardener class. I have experimented with all kinds of perennials including many that are not common to my area. I have read hundreds of books and grown hundreds of varieties of plants and hope to make it a business some day. I have become versed in botanical names and growing conditions and what I don't know off of the top of my head I can usually easily find in my vast array of research material and botanical and horticultural contacts. I especially enjoy experimenting with growing plants out of zone.
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Perennials - what to do with artemisia and blue butterfly delphinium in the winter
Expert: Tom Alonzo - 10/11/2009
Question
I live in Ohio and this is my first year growing artemisia I like the variegated leaves but it will soon by November and I don't know if I am supposed to cut them off at ground level or leave them alone. I want them to come back next year. I also have grown blue butterfly delphinium and am not sure what to do with them either.
Answer
Hi Judy,
Thanx for your question. As soon as the foliage withers, go ahead and cut the plants back to the ground and then mulch with straw. Be sure to clear away other dead plant material. This should create a healthy environment for your plants to rest until spring. I hope this helps.
Tom
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