10
Tending Your Garden
Continued on next page
Remove Dead Flower Blossoms –
Deadheading
Removing dead flower blossoms (deadheading)
encourages your plant to produce more flowers .
When blossoms begin to fade, wilt, wither, turn brown
or just start to look unattractive, it’s time to deadhead .
How often you’ll need to deadhead depends on
what’s growing in your Garden . Some plants have
short-lived blossoms that last less than a week, such
as Mimulus and Dianthus . Others, such as Marigolds,
have blossoms that remain attractive for weeks . Your
eye is the best judge of when to deadhead .
Following are several methods of deadheading to be
used for a variety of flower types .
Plants with Flowers Growing on Short Stems
Dianthus, Diascia, Marigold, Mimulus, Petunia and
Phlox are some examples of plants that do well with
this method of deadheading .
•
Pinch off entire
flower blossom
with fingers or cut
with scissors .
Quick Start Guides
available at:
www.aerogardensupport.com
