- Author: Kamille Hammerstrom
Published on: May 9, 2017
Deadheading is the practice of removing spent blooms from your annuals and perennials. Flowers should be removed as soon as they fade, before forming seeds. There are a number of good reasons to deadhead:
- Deadheading may prolong the bloom time of perennials
- Deadheading may enable annuals to flower continuously through the summer
- Deadheading may allow annuals to maintain a more attractive growth habit
- Deadheading will prevent seedheads from forming, thereby preventing reseeding where you don't want it
- Deadheading can make your garden look neater
- Deadheading may be a theraputic form of stress relief!
In order to deadhead, you need only simple...
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