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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
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.
Here’s how to keep your mums healthy so they return next year.
Buddleja officinalis is a deciduous early-spring flowering shrub native to west Hubei, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces in China. [1] Discovered in 1875 by Pavel Piasetski, [ 2 ] a surgeon in the Russian army, B. officinalis was named and described by Maximowicz in 1880.
Buddleja lindleyana grows to < 3 m in height in the wild, its slender branches tetragonous in section, and slightly winged. The dark green leaves are opposite, ovate , 4 – 20 cm in length. The individual purple flowers are arguably among the most attractive of the genus , but occur in such small numbers intermittently along slender, terminal ...
Buddleja coriacea is a variable species endemic to the high Andes from the Cordillera Blanca in Peru to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. It grows on dry to semi-humid rocky soils at elevations of 3,000–4,350 m, [ 1 ] where temperatures range from −3° to 15° C. and the winds are both strong and persistent.
Buddleja alternifolia, known as alternate-leaved butterfly-bush, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family, which is endemic to Gansu, China.A substantial deciduous shrub growing to 4 metres (13 ft) tall and wide, it bears grey-green leaves and graceful pendent racemes of scented lilac flowers in summer.
Buddleja nivea reaches 1–3 m high, and is chiefly distinguished by the dense white indumentum covering the branchlets, calyxes, and undersides of the leaves. The lanceolate leaves are of variable size, 6–22 cm long by 1.5–11 cm wide; they are acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, and very coarsely toothed except at the apex.