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maggie234 Victoria BC, Canada Jun 26, 2008

My Jerusulem sage (a friend tells me this is what it is) has nearly finished blooming. I'm wanting to cut it back now, or move it when it cools again--which might only be a few days from now. It doesn't look good at all where it is, and it hides other flowers. Does it bloom again this year, or does anything exciting happen to it? I don't want to cut it back etc. if there might be something interesting to happen next. All advice is appreciated ;-) I was going to send a picture, but I don't see where to do that this time. Oh well, I hope everyone knows what it looks like. If not, I'll send a picture.

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medinac Bensenville, IL(Zone 5a) Jun 26, 2008

I checked the plant files and it seems from reading that, that it would continue to rebloom with deadheading. But, if you don't like it hiding your other flowers, I would cut it back just enough to expose the ones you want to see. I wouldn't go crazy though cutting it way down. You could move it in early fall then. For the pictures, I save mine to the desktop then down where it says "Image:" I click on the "Browse" box and pull it off the desktop. That's the only way I know how to do it! I'm not very computer savvy.

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maggie234 Victoria BC, Canada Jun 26, 2008

I think I've added a picture of it , just for a visual if someone needs a look see. Thanks Medinac. I'm still learning my way around this forum and don't quite know where to look for what. Most of the time I'm not even sure what plants I'm growing and so it's hard to look them up. I'm learning pretty quickly though,

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jun 26, 2008

I think it will rebloom if you cut it back now. When in doubt, my rule of thumb is to think about whether you want seeds from the plant or not. If you do, then make sure you really do your homework on whether it'll bloom again or not, because if it won't then you just lost your seeds for the year. But if you don't care about seeds, then it doesn't hurt the plant to deadhead, and in many cases you will get more blooms.

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