Deadheading roses encourages the plant to produce more blooms, which prolongs the flowering period and promotes a cleaner appearance. How you deadhead roses will depend on the variety you're growing.

Author and award-winning gardener Pollyanna Wilkinson has shared easy-to-follow advice for gardeners deadheading their roses this summer. Like pruning, deadheading is a common gardening practice that ...

When deadheading roses, make the cut just above the five-leaflet leaf closest to the flower or flower cluster. (NOLA.com|The Times-Picayune archive) QUESTION: We planted several rose bushes a few ...

Assuming these are re-blooming roses we are taking about — there are some mostly older and species type varieties that will only bloom once a year — the best way to get roses to re-bloom is to ...

In late spring and early summer, most flowering annuals and herbaceous perennials are at their best, flush with an abundance of flower blooms in a variety of riotous colors. But by the time the dog ...

Deadheading is an important task for any flower garden, but there's a right time and wrong time to do this task, depending on ...

One application of fertilizer in the spring is usually sufficient for species roses such as Rosa rugosa and shrub roses. All other roses should be given their second application of a well-balanced ...

Q: I’ve read about deheading (or deadheading) spent rose blossoms. Is there a similar reason to cut the stalk of spent daylily flowers? A: Removing the old flowers (along with any unsightly flower ...

Deadheading, the removal of spent blooms, encourages new growth and more flowers. Annuals like zinnias and marigolds benefit from frequent deadheading, while others like impatiens are self-deadheading ...