Deadheading waterlilies and pickerelweed?

[Linda W]

Will pickerelweed bloom longer or more if you cut off the spent blossoms? Do you leave them to form seeds? (Thanks @addy1 for saying the seeds are edible!)
Do you cut the spent blossoms off the waterlilies that you can reach? I have resident frogs and visiting birds but not fish.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

I do deadhead the pickerel rush, but mostly because it seems the stalks sort of flop over once they've finished blooming & I don't like them falling in the pond. Not sure if it helps them bloom longer, because even when I get a bit lazy with this chore mine just keep on blooming all summer. I also wallow around in the pond once a week or so to trim off fading lily pads & flowers. I fertilize them every other week, so while I'm in there doing that it's pretty easy to neaten things up a bit.

 

[addy1]

(Thanks @addy1 for saying the seeds are edible!)

Did I say that? Must have been a internet link I sent, no clue if you can eat them or not.

 

[Linda W]

yes, back in 2012. There’s been a lot of water through the bio filter since then! Cooked only, dangerous raw.

Pickerel weed seed?

Hi all.. my pickerel weed had finished flowering last week and I decided to check out what was left behind. Are those little black things seeds where the blooms were? Also is it worth trying to grow from seed next year? I feel like such a newbie but then again we just bought this house in...

www.gardenpondforum.com

 

[addy1]

lol so no personal experience, I never remember eating them or even wanting to.

 

[brokensword]

Did I say that? Must have been a internet link I sent, no clue if you can eat them or not.

@addy1 ; you say all sorts of smart things you don't remember...

 

[addy1]

@addy1 ; you say all sorts of smart things you don't remember...

no kidding! I have never had that total retention memory like some of you all do! Memory for the moment!