Re: deadheading flowering plants

Not only annuals, Don....I have discovered that if you religiously
deadhead Aquilegia and remove all seedpods on Stylophorum, they will
just keep on throwing flowers all season.  Tried both as an
experiment once to see what would happen; do not do it as a general
rule on account of having too many of both and not enough time.

I deadhead what gets on my nerves if it doesn't self-clean or if I
have time and know it will promote additional bloom or if I know
that, if I don't, I will be spending hours weeding out the seedlings
next season.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Don Martinson <llmen@wi.rr.com>
> The old mantra used to be that it (deadheading) kept the plant from

> expending energy in making (unwanted) seeds, although clearly, some

> plants seem to expend more energy than others.  It's not illogical
to 
> rationalize that once a plant senses it has bloomed and is setting 
> seed, why bother with more blooms?   While this certainly doesn't 
> apply to all plants, it does apply to some of our more common 
> annuals, which again makes sense, since they have to "get it all
over 
> with" in a single growing season.

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