A Little Slicing And Dicing Can Be Good For Your Garden: Go Deadheading For Extended Blooms
Deadheading isn’t one of the prettiest words in the world of gardening, but it can be an important way to extend the life and beauty of your garden.
Basically, deadheading means cutting off a flower when the head begins to brown and die.
Like all the other living creatures walking, crawling, and flying around our planet, flowers strive to procreate. They want to bloom, seed, and die. Deadheading certain flowers cuts this process short (literally), which can encourage them to re-bloom, giving a second life to your garden.
Which Flowers To Deadhead
Not every flower will return from the dead when you make the big cut. The ones that are most likely to regenerate are those where the head of the flower stays attached to the stem and grows brown as it dries out. If you are unsure whether to deadhead the flowers in your garden, check out this great and expansive list from DundeeNursery.com.
Where To Make The Cut
Despite the name, deadheading doesn’t mean you always chop off the head of a plant.
The optimal place to make the cut will depend on the flower and also your personal tastes. In some cases, you may want to cut just above the leaves to hide the decapitation.
In other instances, it is best to cut away as close to the stem as possible. For shrubby plants with a lot of small flowers, get out your big shears and make big clips rather than spending hours cutting off each individual bloom.
Hire Out Deadheading Professionals
Avid gardeners will likely enjoy spending time in the dirt deadheading their own blooms.
If you would rather look at your lovely garden rather than spend your days weeding and deadheading, then you can call us at Nature’s Elite Lawn & Landscaping.
We provide garden weeding services and deadheading as well. Our gardening experts know which plants will respond best to deadheading and just where to make the right cut.
Give us a call today to learn about our competitive gardening prices in Boise, Eagle, Meridian, and Boise Valley.