"Dave" wrote in message
...
Being a complete novice to gardening Ive just planted some winter
pansies. Trouble is a neighbour has told me I need to dead head
them.
Now I seem to remember my late wife doing this but how?. Do yo
simply
pull off the dead petals leaving the bud underneath,or do you cut
the
stem beneath the dead flower?. Thanks in advance for any replies.
Dave

Easiest is to nip the complete flower off with thumb and forefinger.
You want to remove the whole flower head including the seed pod or the
plant will start making seed instead of new flowers.

See also:
http://www.windowbox.com/cgi-bin/exp...asp?TopicID=&A
rticleID=233
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg/..._deadheading1.
shtml

Jenny