Top tip for dead-heading and pruning

Encourage new growth by removing spent blooms.

Top tip for dead-heading and pruning

After the beautiful first summer blooms, many flowering perennials are now covered with spent flowers, busy producing seeds inside.

Some plants have a big flush of flowers whilst other’s flowers consistently over their flowering period.

The longer you leave spent blooms on the plant, the more resources, or nutrients they utilize to produce seeds, and the plant will feel that it...

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