Deadheading, Pinching, Staking Etc. - Maintaining the Flower Garden
Flowering plants need care throughout the growing season, to keep looking their best. What are deadheading, pinching, deleafing and the other seemingly cryptic gardening terms and are they necessary for a great looking garden?
Flower Garden Maintenance - Pinching, Deadheading and Cutting Back
Flower gardens require constant maintenance to look their best. Common garden chores like pruning, pinching and deadheading are easy to master, as show here in this step-by-step photo tutorial.
Flower gardens require constant maintenance to look their best. Common garden chores like pruning, pinching and deadheading are easy to master, as show here in this step-by-step photo tutorial.
Dividing Perennial Plants
Most perennial flowers will need to be divided to remain vigorous and continue blooming season after season. Division of perennials is an easily mastered gardening technique that is good for the plants and your garden.
Most perennial flowers will need to be divided to remain vigorous and continue blooming season after season. Division of perennials is an easily mastered gardening technique that is good for the plants and your garden.
Dividing Bearded Iris
Bearded Iris are tall, elegant additions to the flower border, but they are also relatively high maintenance. You can help cut down on the incidence of soft rot and borer damage through regular division of the iris rhizomes, every 2-3 years. This will also keep bearded iris performing and blooming at its best. Start by carefully digging and lifting the rhizomes, as shown here.
Bearded Iris are tall, elegant additions to the flower border, but they are also relatively high maintenance. You can help cut down on the incidence of soft rot and borer damage through regular division of the iris rhizomes, every 2-3 years. This will also keep bearded iris performing and blooming at its best. Start by carefully digging and lifting the rhizomes, as shown here.
Staking Perennial Flower Plants
Staking is no one's favorite thing to do in the garden, but staking early in the season can make things a whole lot easier as the plants grow.
Staking is no one's favorite thing to do in the garden, but staking early in the season can make things a whole lot easier as the plants grow.