Sweet william help?

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glamourpuss U.P., MI(Zone 5a) Jul 19, 2007

Hi Everyone,
I am a little confused about sweet williams and hoping someone can help. I have many sweet williams in my garden and this year they were fabulous. Now the flowers have all turned brown. Do I deadhead them? Will they bloom again? Are they reseeders. I'm afraid to cut the seedheads off and have them not bloom next year.

Thanks,
Sue

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Mobi Denver, CO(Zone 6a) Jul 20, 2007

They are reseeders and biennials (or short lived perennials in warmer zones) so the seed from your plants this year will grow next year but probably won't bloom until two years from now, though they may bloom next year if the seed sprouts this year. Once you get the cycle going and allow them to reseed you'll have blooms every year on different plants.

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glamourpuss U.P., MI(Zone 5a) Jul 20, 2007

so does that mean I should not deadhead them now?
Thanks for your help :)

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Mobi Denver, CO(Zone 6a) Jul 20, 2007

If you want plants next year, don't deadhead them. The look kind of awful for awhile but they will produce seed for you.

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glamourpuss U.P., MI(Zone 5a) Jul 20, 2007

o.k. Thanks!

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momo125 Windsor, ON(Zone 6a) Jul 23, 2007

OR, if you want them to continue blooming, dead head them.

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tangiegirl Chester County, PA(Zone 6b) Jul 23, 2007

I like sweet william, too. If you have a number of them you could deadhead some and leave others to seed. I do both in my gardens. Those I deadhead bloom strongly 'til frost.

Jan

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bigred Ashdown, AR(Zone 8a) Aug 02, 2007

cut the stems down to the foliage then shake the seedheads over the flowerbed.

P

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birdsnblooms (Zone 5b) Aug 06, 2007

I let them go to seed, collected some, and shook the rest- this was probably beginning of July for me after a GORGEOUS June showing. I yanked out the whole dead stalks, and the new seedlings are now sprouting already, and I'm hoping for a show again next year.

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