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tcinmb Myrtle Beach, SC(Zone 8b) May 07, 2008

Please explain this to me.

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trackinsand mid central, FL(Zone 9a) May 07, 2008

snipping the spent flowers from a plant. as a rule, you will another flush of flowers by doing this and it also encourages the plant to get fuller.

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tcinmb Myrtle Beach, SC(Zone 8b) May 07, 2008

Thanks, that is simplest explanation I have gotten and very understandable!!

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thwoods Hermitage, PA(Zone 5b) May 07, 2008

If you want to save seeds from your plants, deadhead (remove the dead flower including the swelling part at the base of the flower, where the seeds are developing) - for the first part of the blooming period -- and let the last of the flowers mature into seed pods later in the season. Some of my plants, I am more concerned with getting mature seeds than with getting more flowers, so I don't deadhead at all. On perennials that don't rebloom -- I usually let them make seeds -- unless I don't need or want the seeds.

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Theresa

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tcinmb Myrtle Beach, SC(Zone 8b) May 07, 2008

How is this done with Hydrangeas? What do the seeds look like??

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) May 07, 2008

Deadheading hydrangeas won't do anything for you, that stem will only bloom once this year regardless of whether you cut off the spent flowers or not. Deadheading is typically done more with annuals/perennials, they'll often get a 2nd flush of blooms. Annuals respond especially well--they know that they only have that one season to reproduce before they die, so as long as you prevent them from setting seed they'll keep blooming.

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PaulFromAL Piedmont, AL(Zone 7b) May 07, 2008

tcinmb.....drop whatever doing right this minute and get thee to the library and if they don't have it get them to get it for you....Tracy DiSabato-Aust's The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques.....I love it and its useful all the time.....and if not now for you in your gardening adventures it might be one day and even if she don't do "it" like the rest of us in one aspect or another its a worthwhile and good read for thumbing through......good luck.

Paul from Alabama

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tcinmb Myrtle Beach, SC(Zone 8b) May 07, 2008

Thnaks to all your information has been really helpful!!

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