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Deadheading
Out of all my gardening mistakes I'm starting to think being lax about
deadheading may be right up there. Do you deadhead ? Here is a short video. http://video.about.com/gardening/deadheading-flowers.htm I've been at Longwood Garden's late spring and seen forty young people walk through the woods deadheading rhododendrons in an organized manner. Still I didn't put it together as something I should do. Bill -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA Not all who wander are lost. - J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) |
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Hi Bill, there's a number of different reasons to deadhead. For one, old flowers may look untidy, but sometimes they make a nice feature, depends on the plant. Another reason to deadhead is to prolongue the flowering, what the plant is trying to do is reproduce & if you stop the flowers from turning into seeds the plant will put out flowers for longer. Third good reason, to stop the plant from self seeding all over the place. I deadhead while i'm weeding, it's just part of the tidying up process. Everyone's garden is different, it's up to you. |
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