How necessary is deadheading?
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Comments (19)Finch -- The hormones that trigger bloom formation rise to the highest point in the stem, so if the rose goes straight up 8 ft., guess where the blooms will be? And yes, some roses also drop their lower leaves. Some people prune ruthlessly after each flush of bloom, to promote another flush, but I think you won't have those plants for many years, if you keep doing that. One approach is to plant something in front of the rose, to cover up its bare legs. (I have heard roses described as "ugly plants with bare bottoms.") Another approach might be to espalier the plant against a fence or wall, pulling canes out on the horizontal (which results in many blooming laterals). Or you can wind long canes around a tripod, to promote the same thing -- blooming laterals. Jeri...See Morehow to deadhead coneflowers????
Comments (17)I've been collecting Echinaceas for about four years and have many many of the new colorful ones. This is the first year I've seen seedlings and I must have fifty or more seedlings growing up almost everywhere in the perennial bed.. Must be the seeds liked our winter rains this year. Anyway, I'm not a deadheader, preferring to leave the dried seed heads for winter interest and the birds, but I might have to rethink that plan because I can't bring myself to weed the seedlings out. I guess I'm hoping that I'll see an unusual flower....See MoreBuddleia - To deadhead or not to deadhead?
Comments (27)Well, I've learned in reading this thread that heavy pruning is essential in late Winter or before Spring growth. But I've seen two messages: the buddleia dies back to nothing in Winter, or, I keep it like a tree. I'm closer to the later. I want the buddleia to be about 6 to 9 feet. This is my buddleia's first season and it grew to a large 4 feet fettered some by my constant deadheading and some shaping on the way. So for a 6 to 9 foot bush/tree it sounds like for my first Winter I should NOT trim it back to 12"? Maybe just a very heavy pruning that leaves some heavy center wood tall and ready to increase size this coming year???? Does that sound like a good approach? (this is purple knight I think, looks like the above picture in this thread)...See MoreSomething nipping the buds of the roses, how to prune/deadhead?
Comments (1)Keep as much plant as you can. So sorry about the buds being eaten....See Morepatriciae_gw
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