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Deadheading your plants—clipping off the spent blossoms—is a super-easy way to encourage flowers to bloom more. Here are some tips on how to deadhead correctly.
Deadheading is a widespread form of pruning, [1] since fading flowers are not as appealing and direct a lot of energy into seed development if pollinated. [2] The goal of deadheading is thus to preserve the attractiveness of the plants in beds , borders , containers and hanging baskets , as well as to encourage further blooming.
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When deadheading mums, trim off the spent flower and its stem down to the next leaf or node. Snipping off only the spent flower at the base of the bloom can leave an ugly, pointy stem sticking up.
Weigela 'Red Prince' [10] Weigela florida 'Alexandra' [11] Weigela 'Florida Variegata' [12] Weigela 'Praecox Variegata' [13] 'Pink Princess' is a popular cultivar of Weigela, a shrub native to northern China, Korea, and Japan, that flowers profusely. It is a hardy plant, easy to grow and maintain.
Rose scale (order Hemiptera: family Coccoidea) Aulacaspis rosae – Mainly found on the stems and branches of the plant, lack of control will allow the pest to spread to flower stalks and petioles. At this point the plant would be stunted, spindly and with a white, flaky crust of scales on the bark.
The post How to Deadhead Hydrangeas, According to an Expert appeared first on Taste of Home. Removing spent flowers not only tidies shrubs, it helps plants put growing energy into leaves and roots.
The genus name, Weigela, is named after the German scientist Christian Ehrenfried Weigel. The species epithet, subsessilis, is from the term subsessile, which means "nearly, but not quite sessile." The root, sessilis is derived from Latin, which means low, dwarf in plants. [3] A cultivar with buttery-yellow flowers is known as "Canary Weigela". [4]