beckygardener said:Maurice - Do the fans die once they produce a scape and bloom?
Not practically, the growing point or bud of the fan that produced the scape is gone but the crown replaces that growing point with a new bud. That new bud produces what would formally be considered a new fan. It is the crown that is important and as long as the crown has unused living buds it can produce new fans.
All the leaves of the original fan will die as the growing season progresses and the leaves that remain will have been produced by the new bud or growing point. There is a continuous cycle of leaf production followed by a scape followed by new leaf production followed by a new scape and so on repeating the renewal process.
