Re: Deadheading

I'm a deadheader for the most part......I'm in Texas and things can grow to 
incredible size by May so I cut back severely.  When the second flush of 
blooms come I only deadhead selectively.  I try to save some of the lower 
blossoms for seed production.  By saving the lower flowers the new growth 
hides the dead blossom.  If you should feel like you are going to forget 
about the seeds and you wish to collect them....cheese cloth around the 
ripening seeds really does work.

Something I do do ( do do...is that right?) I pinch and pinch and pinch.  I 
will sacrific earlier blooms for a full size plant ie. salvia's, buddlia's, 
pentas, etc.,  I end up with a profusion of blooms on a nice rounded plant 
rather than a sparce showing on a legging plant.  

I once heard on HGTV....Perennials sleep the first year, creep the second and 
leap the third.  I have found that this is true....the longer the perennial 
is in the ground the better root system they are able to form which in turns 
gives you faster, more robust growth the next season.

Have fun out there

Kemberly McLain
Katy, Texas Zone 9

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