A. Deadheading is not simply a matter of keeping things neat.

Then I started in on the deadheading.

Regular deadheading can extend the blooming period.

With some deadheading, weeding, and the usual watering, you can keep your annuals healthy and happy.

They don't bloom as well in fertile soil, they require no deadheading and prefer to forge upward without interference.

No deadheading.

With regular and careful deadheading they flowered for a long time, only slowing when they succumbed to rust in September.

Regular deadheading will redirect all fall blooming plants' energy from forming seed to forming flowers.

It also needs scrupulous deadheading (or equally scrupulous weeding).

Ms. Lentine said, "He does do deadheading," removing dead blossoms to promote more blooms.

If a good deadheading is accomplished before the vacation, it is possible that the plants will greet you with abundant bloom when you return.

These routes require significant deadheading (particularly on the one-way routes), as well as a very large part-time labor force, both of which drive up costs.

Granted, they were hybrids in the Wave series, developed by the Ball Seed company to rebloom without constant deadheading.

To maximize pleasure and minimize work, many of these gardeners have installed gardens that require little maintenance and don't need fussy operations like frequent deadheading.

Division in spring is the recommended form of propagation for the species, and regular deadheading is the recommended method of pruning.

Deadheading of plants like snapdragons, petunias and geraniums is particularly important as these plants have a tendency to call a halt after flowering, if given the chance to set seed.

As more client-owners join, a network effect results in a reduction of expensive empty legs: with a critical mass of customers, the theory is that it becomes more likely that a particular trip can be accommodated with minimal deadheading.

High on the tedium list, for example, are the timely deadheading of flowers and harvesting of vegetables, the judicious weeding of perennial borders, the artful pruning of wayward shrubs and the discriminating application of fertilizers or insecticides.