Dianthus - deadheading, deadheading, deadheading...
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deadheading dianthus - is it time?
Comments (18)Me too, I don't know if it's done flowering. I used the fading of color as a reference. I got confused when I saw new buds coming out. I was thinking that if I waited for the new buds to flower while the other spent flowers are now processing seed, it might trigger them that they're done for the year. Hehehe. Also last year(first time to plant it), after it flowered, I remember few flowers were coming out around August. I didn't like it because it was so few. I think, I learned deadheading on dianthus around September. I want them to flower really profusely again....See MoreTo deadhead or not to deadhead?
Comments (6)late flowering I dont dead head all the last remaining buds as it is the plant wont be doing much energizing during the colder / winter months I kind of go on the idea get as many blossums as you can druing start to peak floweringg season so you'll get more but why bother dead heading every thing in fall that hip has some powerfull vitamins in it for both human and perhaps the plant...See MoreDeadhead Dianthus?
Comments (6)I'm posting from a very old thread here, but the question of where to deadhead relates to a situation I currently found myself in. My sister used to have the most gorgeous dianthus planting which I always admired but at the time I didn't have any sunny areas to garden in. Now I do, so just a couple of weeks ago I picked up three very cheap pinks to fill in a bare spot. I was in a hurry and can't believe I overlooked paying attention to the leaves when I purchased them, but after planting I realized they had much broader leaves and generally had a more squatty shape than my sister's which had needle-like blue-green leaves with a more airy and open habit. I thought, oh well... But I soon discovered I hate the extremely 'messy' appearance of the dying flowers on the ones I got and you can't simply deadhead them by pinching off the flowers with your fingers. Those suckers do not want to come off! I figured out you have to cut the stems off with scissors some distance down from the unsightly dead flowers. I find this to be kind of a pain since it seems you are constantly having to do this because if you don't they are a messy ugly thing. I do not think my sister's plants required this. I guess i would be more tolerant of the procedure if I liked the plant better. I really don't care for their squatty overall shape. I'm hoping that as they grow, they will spread into each other and lose that effect. But next time, I'll be sure to get the kind my sister had, which I think must have been what are sometimes called 'cheddar pinks'? They really were beautiful. I guess what I bought by mistake was dianthus chinensis?...See Moreto deadhead or not to deadhead
Comments (6)A lot of natives provide seeds for birds in the winter, and look more interesting in frost and snow. I only deadhead if I don't want the plant to put energy into seeding. I discover that if you turn the area into a "feature" the neighbors are more tolerant. If you put something decorative--like a birdbath or a bird house in the area, and even some native shrubs, it looks more "planned" and less un-mowed. I carfully mow the edges of my "wild area" in an undulating curve. Some how this makes it clear that there is a plan and purpose happening--not just untidyness. I saw the mower treatment on a British gardening show in a place where they wanted to leave some grass unmown. they cut a wide path through the "praire" with the mower and let everything grow up around it. It looked great....See Moreprairiemoon2 z6b MA
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