Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Hanging in there... Part 7, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
My 4 is the "Broken Colors" one....Have had them for a few years now...

I decided last year not to grow the 4's this year. They take up so much room
and the seed-harvesting is a never ending job in late fall.

Another plant I will pass on growing this year are my daturas. same reason!
Time to try something different in those areas....I am so limited space wise!

I am sure I will see some volunteers coming up from the 4's....
They even sprout in the lawn. They look just like MG's when they come up--
BUT--the true leaves will be pointed.....A good way to tell the two apart...

This picture is of a 2 year old root. It was planted as a dug up root the year before--
then dug up again and re-planted the following year.
In this picture--it is now into the 3rd spring....I had it buried, shallowly, in some dirt.
I do not believe this is necessary--as all the stored energy for new growth is inside the old root.
NOTE where the new growths are coming from. Around the are where the old stem dropped off.
This root was massive! At least a couple of pounds!