Deadhead spent blooms weekly by cutting stems back to the main branch to encourage bigger, better flowers. Water deeply once or twice a week and feed with a low-nitrogen, high-phosphorus fertilizer to ...

Greedy for a final flush of flowers in fall? Deadheading this list of annuals and perennials can help the plants conserve ...

Regular deadheading redirects energy back into the plant, encouraging continuous blooms and healthier roots. Use sharp, clean tools and remove spent blooms at the first set of leaves to avoid pests ...

Deadheading dahlias regularly is key to a long, vigorous blooming season. Fading blooms should be deadheaded as soon as the flower centers start opening. Making deep cuts when deadheading encourages a ...

Dahlias are among the most attractive flowers you can have in your garden. Not only are they easy to care for, but the rewards are long-lasting as they ca go on flowering from mid-summer right up ...

Deadheading your flowers is an easy garden task, but is it completely necessary? The answer is sometimes! Deadheading, or removing spent blooms and seed pods, encourages some annuals to bloom over and ...

SEATTLE — Dahlias are normally the king of the perennial garden when it comes to producing non-stop spectacular blooms. Their gorgeous blossoms not only add beauty to any area of the garden, but if ...

The common wisdom is to cut back dahlias in fall after the first hard frost, but can you cut them before the frost? Here's how to encourage blooms.

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Deadheading is the simplest way to boost the performance of flowering plants - but only if you do it at the right time. While most plants should be deadheaded once the petals begin to fade, there are ...