mine have red berries but no white flies. (but I do seem to be raising frogs)
Dividing Turks Cap
I have a pink TC I got from a roundup & it's setting tons of red berries this year! I was just wondering the other day if I was remembering correctly that they're edible. Apparently so! If I remember, I'll take a pic later once I'm dressed for the day☺️
They are definitely edible, I've eaten a few. Not much tartness to them though, and plenty of seeds
I just don't feel compelled to eat them!
Here's some examples of what's on my bush now.
Excuse the crazy angles!
Janet
Update. No longer have to rely on my memory. My turk's cap definitely sets fruit. Leaving them in case the birds want them.
Here are some of the fruits on my Turk's Cap. Are these baby Turk's Caps?
I believe those are baby turks caps
I always find them in the weirdest places and away from where my Turk's Caps are actually planted.
the birds eat the fruit and drop seeds
Should I dig them up and pot them up or leave them until the spring?
You can leave them, they are safe in the ground.
should I trim my frostweed so it will put on its show?
Yes, you can cut it down to about 8 inches.
ok, thank you Josephine!
Oh, glad I just read the msg about Frostweed. Elsewhere I asked about the seeds.
Joan what do you need to know about the seeds?
Can I collect them for planting later or giving away? Or maybe I've waited too long as the seeds look dry. Or maybe I've jumped the gun. Thought I might see if Google can show me what a frostweed seed looks like. Ms. SPWD has inspired me to collect seeds. Of course I don't want to rob the birds if they like the seeds.
The seeds look like tiny sunflower seeds, I will see if I can take a picture of them.
Yes you can save them for later, or if you leave them they will probably fall and some will come up in the spring.
I did google for pictures of the seeds and I'm skeptical about some of them. Others look like what I have but I'm thinking that those are hidden in chaff. Aside from collecting the seeds, the plant itself comes back in the spring, right? At least the one you gave me at an RU came back. But maybe it came back from the seeds as it didn't even occur to me to save any. The plant, from which you get your name, is a perennial that comes back w/o reseeding, right?
I'm in trouble if I get little frostweeds growing next spring. First, I might not recognize them when just popping up and would pull them, thinking of them as 'weeds' aka 'unwanted plants'. Second, I don't have my frostweed plants in a good spot to multiply. I had moved them close to some French doors so I could see if they were doing their thing in a freeze. BTW, Dallas did not get a freeze last night.
Yes the plat you have is a perennial so it will come back in the spring from the roots.
The freeze has to be pretty low to make the stems burst, we didn't get a freeze either.
We got a freeze both nights. Dang it's cold!
Got to 27, left a few things on the pond platform that won't need brought in now.