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DEADHEADING TO EXTEND BLOOMING AND ANNUAL FLOWER LIFE |
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Dead heading is removing the spent or dead flowers from the plant. In
simple terms most plants produce flowers to produce seeds to reproduce.
If the flower is removed before the seed has been dropped from the
plant the plant will usually keep trying to reproduce. This in turn
means the plant will probably produce more flowers for a longer period
of time.
 Many
annuals (plants that live for one season only) will die if they are not
deadheaded. But if they are deadheaded they will continue to produce
flowers for an extended time.
Garden View Maintenance crews due this on a weekly basis.
Breaking
off the flower where the stem meets the stalk is the way to
successfully deadhead Long-stem flowers, such as this daylily, that
grows in a succession of blooms on a single stalk. Pull down gently on
the spent flower until it cleanly snaps off. Breaking off faded
daylilies will add to the plant's appearance if not the overall flower
productivity. Other flowers to break off include iris, Gladiola, and
Kangaroo Paw.
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