How to Deadhead Perennial Flowers
You need to deadhead, or also called groom, perennial flowers to allow them to grow better and stay healthier longer. Deadheading will help the flowers last longer, and let you enjoy them for longer amounts of time. It is simple to deadhead perennial flowers, and you can do so in a few short steps.
Supplies
- Pruner’s shears
- Garden scissors
- Trash bag
- Look at the perennial flowers and find any flower that is starting to turn brown or is withering. Use garden scissors or pruner's shears to cut away any flower that you can find that is withering, turning brown, or otherwise looks like it is dying.
- Cut the flowers several inches below the bloom and remove them from the garden.
- Deadhead a cluster of flowers by removing only the flowers that are wilting, or are obviously not healthy. This will not hurt the other flowers, as long as you cut the one single flower only. Place the cut flowers in your trash bag as you go through them. This way, when you finish, you will not have any mess to clean up.
- Cut back perennials that are overgrown and are no longer blooming. You can cut it back by two-thirds if you have a lot of flowers. This will clean them up and make them look much neater. New blooms will grow back where you deadhead. By the next season, you will have a garden full of new blooms and your garden will look much healthier.
- Look through your garden regularly, and constantly remove any dead flowers that you find to keep your garden health at all times.
- Clean the shears and scissors when you are finished deadheading your garden before you put them away.