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Fred, newbie question--aside from preventing frozen blooms, what does cutting off the scapes accomplish? I mean, will the plants continue to put out new scapes, after you cut those off? I've got so much to learn about these plants.
I can't answer this because I have never seen or done anything like this. My idea was to cut the scapes so the plants could save energy. Karol Emmerich called me Friday and I ask her about cutting scapes, her idea was they should continue to scape in my area. She has also had a milder winter than normal in Minnesota and will ship my plants this week. I will know after this bloom season if cutting the scapes did any good. I had mentioned before I had done the same thing to the Maryott daylilies, time will tell.
