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  DEADHEADING, PINCHING, AND PRUNING
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If you allow plants to form seeds, they will focus their energies on that process. By cutting back flowers that have faded, you can get more flowers or more robust plants.

Deadheading is usually simple grooming. Depending on the size of the stem, use your thumb and forefinger or use scissors or pruning shears to remove spent flowers. Most annuals will produce more blooms if you regularly deadhead them. Cut the flowering stem back to a healthy leaf.

If your annual filled pots and hanging baskets aren't looking up to par, then give them a good haircut!
Deadheading many summer perennials also encourages repeat blooms and help to maintain a neat and tidy appearance in your flowerbeds.

Another simple pruning chore in June involves perennials that won’t flower for several more weeks (or months). It may seem drastic, but to encourage stockier stems and shorter plants that need less staking, it’s a good idea to shear back fall-bloomers in the Chrysanthemum (Montauk Daisy) and Aster (except ‘Purple Dome’ which is naturally short) families. If mature plants of Physostegia tend to flop over in your garden, cut those plants back, too. For any of these plants, cut stems back by about half. The first time you do this, it will be difficult—emotionally, not physically. But, after seeing the splendid results, it’s much faster than staking would be. Finish this job by mid-July, to ensure timely blooms this fall.

Although deadheading is not always necessary for a plants health, some flowering shrubs can also benefit from deadheading. Lilac, azalea, rhododendron, magnolia, buddleia and mountain laurel are among the shrubs that can gain by this practice.

There are always exceptions in gardening so if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask our knowledgeable staff!

We also recommend regular feedings especially after pruning to promote healthy buds, blooms and re-blooms!

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Happy Gardening!

 

 



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