Deadheading, the practice of removing the old spent flowers from perennials, is a way to improve a garden’s appearance and reduce overcrowding. Secondarily, many (not all) will rebloom after deadheading. Not all perennials respond to deadheading by reblooming. Most daylilies (Hemerocallis x.), coralbells (Heuchera spp.), and hostas (Hosta spp.) are prime examples of perennials that do not […]
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Tidy Up These Perennials After Blooming Is Finished
Posted by Hugh on June 10th, 2017
Posted in Alliums (onion), Amsonia (blue star), Artemisia, Astilbe (false spirea), Attracting Butterflies, Autumn flowering, Baptisia (wild indigo), Bees and other pollinators, Bergenia (pigsqueak), Brunnera 'Jack Frost', Container garden, deadheading, Eupatorium 'Gateway', Failure to Bloom, Fall sunflower (Helianthus spp.), Fertilizing plants, Garden Maintenance, Heuchera (coralbells), Hibiscus moscheutos, Hosta, Hummingbird, Invasive plant, Iris, Iris (Tall bearded), Lamb's ears (Stachys), Lenten rose (Hellebore), Ligularias, Liriope, Messy Fruits, mulching, Native Plant, Nepeta (catmint), Obedient plant (Physotegia), Overcrowding, Perennials, Planting tips, Pruning, Re-Bloomers, Sanitation, Southern Appalachian Region, Spring flowering, Summer flowering, Sunflower (Helianthus), watering tips 
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