{"id":5129,"date":"2017-06-04T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=5129"},"modified":"2017-01-31T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T22:09:00","slug":"see-your-perennials-blooming-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2017\/06\/04\/see-your-perennials-blooming-again\/","title":{"rendered":"See Your Perennials Blooming Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gaillardia ‘Mesa Yellow’<\/p><\/div>\n

Deadheading is the removal of old spent flowers and stems of many perennials. Many (not all) perennials will respond and bloom a second and even a\u00a0third time. Deadheading also refreshes the plant\u2019s appearance and reduces or eliminates the threat of seed dispersal. It redirects the\u00a0plant’s energy away from seed production toward root and vegetative growth.<\/p>\n

Deadheading is one more added\u00a0chore in\u00a0the growing season. When perennials have finished blooming, remove the entire flower stalk. Depending on species, a perennial may bloom again 2-3 more times.<\/p>\n

To reinforce the benefits of\u00a0deadheading, the perennial bed should be weeded, mulched, fertilized, and watered. Apply a water soluble fertilizer such as Miracle-Gro\u2122 or Schultz\u2122. Clean up the bed, weed, and distribute additional organic mulch. If soil is dry, deeply irrigate the bed for 3 -4 hours (equivalent of 1 \u00bd inches of rainfall).<\/p>\n

Many perennials will\u00a0not respond to deadheading. Some specific species respond to\u00a0deadheading, and others not.\u00a0For most plants prune spent flowers and stems back where they originate near the plant base. New lateral shoots should appear within a few weeks and flowers within 4-5 weeks.<\/p>\n

Deadheading Perennials (this list is not complete):<\/strong><\/p>\n

These popular perennials respond to deadheading:<\/p>\n

Yarrow \u00a0(Achillea spp<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

Hollyhock \u00a0(Alcea rosea<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Columbine \u00a0(Aquilegia spp<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

Butterfly weed \u00a0(Asclepias tuberosa<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Hardy begonia \u00a0(Begonia grandis<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Tickseeds (Coreopsis spp<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

Delphinium (Delphinium spp<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

Cheddar pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Foxglove (Digitalis spp. and cvs<\/em>.)<\/div>\n

Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Queen of the Meadow\u00a0(Filpendula ulmaria<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Blanket flower (Gaillardia x grandiflora<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Geum (Geum spp.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Sneezeweed\u00a0(Helenium autumnale<\/em>)<\/p>\n

False sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Red hot poker (Kniphofia\u00a0uvaria<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Lavender (Lavandula spp.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Shasta daisy \u00a0(Leucanthemum x superbum<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Lupines (Lupinus spp.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Bee balm \u00a0(Monarda spp<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

Penstemon \u00a0(Penstemon barbatus<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Meadow phlox (Phlox maculata<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Garden phlox\u00a0(Phlox paniculata<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflora<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Perennial salvia (Salvia nemorosa<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Pincushion flower (Scabiosa spp<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Stokes\u2019 aster (Stokesia laevis<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Spiderwort \u00a0(Tradescantia x andersoniana<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Spike speedwell \u00a0(Veronica spicata<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Culver\u2019s root (Veronicastrum virginicum<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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Deadheading is the removal of old spent flowers and stems of many perennials. Many (not all) perennials will respond and bloom a second and even a\u00a0third time. Deadheading also refreshes the plant\u2019s appearance and reduces or eliminates the threat of seed dispersal. It redirects the\u00a0plant’s energy away from seed production toward root and vegetative growth. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1218,1319,1351,776,749,1122,1381,768,1037,780,797,1308,784,665,602,1223,774,967,1379,745,1315,1155,1097,890,551,627,625,1093,202,843,1320,601,729,1235,1038,1045,1258,1031,912,777,630,705,1181,706,646,680,1243,744,897,1380,113,904,1205],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5129"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9465,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129\/revisions\/9465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}