Although I have known about deadheading for a long time, I seldom do it. Now I shall mend my ways and get to enjoy blooms for a much longer season. Thank you😃
This was so useful and you explained things really well Allen. Great camera work Lars! I felt your pain when you accidentally broke off the Dahlia flower. We've all done it!
Thank you 💚 We just wanted to make the whole job seem possible - especially for anyone new to deadheading. If someone can feel encouraged, then we did our job 🤓🤓. There’s nothing worse than not doing something simply because you think it’s too complicated.
This was so helpful. Other UA-camrs talk about deadheading, but they are not specific as to how to do it. This was invaluable to a newbie, like me. Thank you for taking the time to show us how to do it on different types of flowers.
Thank YOU for taking the time to comment 💚. I know it can seem like a lot at first … that’s why we wanted to show quite a few different ones. It’s basically the same process - but it does help to see it. 🤓☺️
Super helpful instructions, and as always, a joy to stroll through the garden with you! I love the riot of color and free flowing nature of your garden that is so beautiful without being chaotic.
That's a beautiful way to explain it! Thank you :) A riot of color without being chaotic. ---very very well said. We might just use that one day when we try to explain our garden 'style'. Thanks so much :)
I really enjoyed this and both of your casual commentary. Even if each flower has the same pruning process, it was great to see it demonstrated individually and introduced specifically for that type. Your hardwork & efforts really shows in the lush garden. Ill keep in mind some of the flowers that were shown in the video and grow my own someday. I also cherish my scrap bucket. It definitely comes in handy for everything.
Thank you so much! We wanted to be sure to show a few of our favorites and how we keep them flowering for longer. Hope you have a great gardening week ahead! Big hello from Denmark.
I usually deadhead my Salvia all summer.I got super busy ,didn't,and they went to seed.But I am actually really happy about it.The Purple Finches apparently love the seeds and they spent hours on them!When they had their fill I cut them back and they look better than ever and the finches had a lot of good meals.Love your garden!!☺️
Thank you for this video. I find deadheading very therapeutic so enjoy doing it. My son has a wonderful garden but, having a small baby and working full-time, doesn't have much time for deadheading. Having seen your video I plan to head over there and give him a hand. Thanks again. Your garden is looking really beautiful and I appreciate your generosity in sharing it with us. :)
YOU are the best parent ever! As a son :) I can assure you that he'll be so thankful for the help... AND when the garden keeps flowering for longer, even the bees will thank you!
@@perennial-garden We definitely have a similar climate. We have to keep a close eye on the forecast and like today, do the filming before the showers. At least we've had a night off watering 🤣Have a great week 💛
I have deadheaded for many years but I loved watching this video! Great close ups. Like hearing you talk. Nice review of what you have growing in your beautiful garden,
Love Your Garden, it is spectacular ! Deadheading is very important, I am learning a lot. I of course would make many little BOUQUETS for the house ,so much BEAUTY…… must have FLOWERS always, outside & indoors ! 🌻🐞😊🩷❤️🦋🐝🌼🌷🌻🧡🎋🎋🌸☀️❤️
Greetings from northwest Georgia, we've had a little reprieve from the heat wave. Seems to be over though, back to the 90's and high humidity next week. I love to see the daylilies, I don't dead head mine, I have over 300 different colors , so dead heading is out of the question. Have a great week.
300 different colors! My goodness that must be really gorgeous to see. And great that they like the humidity and temps you're having. Hope you're having a great Sunday -- and that you find a cool breeze!
They were beautiful for May and June, but now I'm getting some reboots. I probably have 2 or 3 thousand individual plants, and a few unnamed colors from seeds.
Such a wonderful video! I really appreciate you two sharing your beautiful garden and such useful information! I was outside tonight deadheading many flowers that I have been neglecting for a bit. I shall deadhead more, including the echinacea, this weekend.
I just love love loooove your garden, guys. Everytime you invite us in I am happy and can't wait for whatever you're going to show us. People probably asked this 100 times already, but: Do you have any landscape fabric underneath the gravel paths? I feel very encouraged to go out and deadhead some plants btw...you did very well!! ;D Have a nice Sunday
That's so kind of you! We're glad you watched with us :) As for the paths... there is no landscape fabric underneath. There is a layer of stone flour (ground up stones... we call it stone flour in Danish)... and then the actual small white gravel that you can see. We don't have any big weeds coming up from under, but we do have small weeds that come from seeds dropped on the surface, etc. These are easy removed -- we have a weed burner that we use to get rid of them easily. Hope that helps!
Thanks a lot for thar very interesting and practical video we can all benefit from. Prolonged flowering season means also we sre less tempted to buy annual to fill the gaps.
Love this! More deadheading vids please! What a magnificent garden. This is such a sweet, positive channel. So appreciated. Have you guys thought of putting a slightly darker gravel path in - blending with the side stones? It would really set off the blooms and green. It would also absorb more heat. Thanks for a great channel and all the care & work you put into it.
Thank you for watching! And we did think about a darker gravel... but went with the lighter stone to reflect more light. It gets really dark here in Denmark all winter... and the lighter stone makes the garden a little less dark during the long nights we have :)
Love watching and learning from your experience in the garden. The team work in the garden is amazing. Finally subscribed and rang the belllllll😅. Keep the fun and educational videos coming. Love you guys.
Thank you for subscribing! We're glad you're here ... finally ;) And I'm glad you appreciate the team work... we enjoy hanging out and working together. Glad that shows thru :)
We've been talking about showing what we plant each month (what we've planted, rather) to make sure that you get flowers all season long. We just need to find the time to do it. haha Great idea tho! It's on the list :)
Goodness me! I've never laughed so much during one of your videos. I hope you do get a new hat for Christmas! Thank you for showing the phlox. And now I need a white rose campion. Sheesh. You two are enablers! Btw, my foxglove has sent up a tiny new shoot and will flower again! The same one my neighbour wanted to pull out as a weed 😂 My tale of woe: when I first started growing my beloved dayliles, I'd get one scape with 2 buds and would snap off the bud instead of the spent bloom! I cried the first time it happened lol. Now I get hundreds of blooms and shrug my shoulders and keep snapping away. It happens.
I'll wait on that hat ;) ...he says it every summer and we've been married for 13 years. So... let's see. ;) LOVE that you called us enablers! hahaha - that made me laugh. And good for that little foxglove -- I bet it got so scared it was like 'i better produce or that lady's friends will take me out' 😂
The only plant I was waiting for you to deadhead you didnt have was an Azalea. The flowers grow all over the plant so not sure how to do it .... but really great video🙏
Thanks for watching! With our rhododendrons (and Lars has a lot of them at his work), we find that removing the faded flowers from evergreen and deciduous azaleas is unnecessary. The flowers fall away and leave the seed-heads... these rarely affect the new growth which is produced after flowering. You can simple pinch off the spent flowers if you want... but from our experience, it's too much work and not really necessary. Hope that helps!
I find dead heading therapeutic and relaxing. Usually gets done alot until it is hot at the end of July and August. 90 degrees and over with humidity is not a time to stroll about for me.
Oh goodness! I don't blame you. In that heat, not much seems possible... nor fun. But i agree.. it's a very therapeutic task... just get in the zone and snip snip snip. haha
Thank you for watching! We don't have any roses. We are big fans of Laura from Garden Answer tho... and found this on her channel: ua-cam.com/video/4e41SQEaUAY/v-deo.htmlsi=3fd7sXm1YHqzHw8r -- if anyone can explain how to deadhead roses, it would be her! :)
A video about sterile varieties would be interesting if you have a few examples. I was excited to save seed of my yellow geum until I read it's a sterile variety. Darn it! And I think you mentioned some lupins being sterile? Just a thought
Guys EVERYTIME I catch a glimpse of the garden in the background tons of gorgeousness and colour....tons...but my eyes just do a bee line to that dark foliaged 💜🖤 Heliopsis🧡💛❤....I'm sure you have featured it various times but at the moment it leaves my memory....is it 'Burning Hearts'? I have some but mine grows anywhere from a foot to 18" shorter than yours ....maybe it's the 20 to 25 extra degrees it gets in the summer here in El Paso, TX.....gee you think😰☠?
Lol I wasnt finished watching the whole video... I put in my comment while you were on the geum then came the phlox then there it was..... time....marc......patience?😂
It could 100% be the heat! In hotter conditions, plants often experience stress, which can lead to shorter growth as they conserve energy and water. I do not blame them at all ;) haha
Just came across this tonight and enjoyed your demeanor and knowledge very much. I'll check out more of your videos soon. I just had a question about deadheading in this video. Did you then save the seeds from the spent heads? Thanks, so enjoyable. Greetings from the USA!
The ones that I deadheaded in the video weren't quite ready to collect yet. They need to be drier and 'riper' (as we say in Denmark). We've collected seeds of other perennials that are already dry and ready tho.... even some of our other lupines that we let go to seed. At the end of the summer, we'll finally stop deadheading and let our plants seed, then we'll collect what we want to resow :)
Loved this video. I saw you had daisies in the background at 12:05 when you were talking about the foxgloves. I was wondering if you deadhead them. I faithfully deadhead my daisies but they never seem to rebloom.
I deadhead them only because they can look pretty bad otherwise. They don't really come with a lot of new blooms... not like a Blanket Flower or Salvia for example. So it's not one that's really high on my 'must do' list.
Great video content with naturally flowing narration that is "subtly" educational to your audience (ME!) 🥸 Your skills & background as (former) teachers are so obvious ❣
Very helpful. When my tall phlox first look like the flower is finished, rather than cut the stem, I gently pull off the floppy flowerettes. They look like melting marshmallows. There is a second layer underneath that then gets to come up but I used to miss it because I chopped the whole stem off. After that second flowering I then cut the stem and the side stems grow up. Try it and see if you have same thing.
Hi, Paulie! We have a compost bin where we collect our garden scraps + kitchen scraps... dump it all in and keep it stirred. We'll use the compost every spring (late winter) and empty it over our garden and in our raised beds for the dahlias.
To us, it isn't necessary to deadhead columbines. The spent flower petals will drop off and you'll see a seedpod forming. With those we focus more on the seeds and collecting those (or letting them self seed) than we do with prolonging their flowering.
You're right... Deadheading this one can encourage a tidier appearance and may promote some reblooming, though it's not guaranteed. At least it helps it all look better :)
Thank you for your video on deadheading. I have a situation I would love to know your opinion about. I have a berm on which I planted 4 blanket flower plants. I planted them on the side of the berm, and they grew to be enormous! They then began to split at the base. Deadheading helped but quickly needed to be deadheaded again and heavy laden. Nothing broke off, but it looks unsightly and might break off. They have gone to seed. Should I cut them to the ground? I am in coastal North Carolina USA, zone 8b.
They are short-lived perennials... so if you've had them for 2 years, they might just be finishing up for you. You could divide them... just dig up the roots and divide it with a spade. Or you can collect the seeds and grow some new ones for next year. The one I show in the video is 2 years old, too --- and it's starting to split and have a very empty middle. We'll leave it for next year, but we also grow more from seed knowing that we might have to replace it.
The snips we use are... gosh... I don't even know the brand. They were from the local gardening supply store -- nothing fancy. We do LOVE DeWit gardening tools... and even have a cooperation with them on Lars Instagram. But we don't have snips from them. (Maybe I should order some for next season tho!) As for when they get dull, we sharpen them. :)
Thanks for your very helpful tips again. I also spied some extremely healthy looking hostas in a pot. How do you keep them in that glorious state? My own hostas are usually all eaten up by an armada of snails, especially during this summer. And there is a bug called "Dickmaulrüssler" at almost every plant doing its devastatious job. Do you have a good tip for these problems?
Thank you for loving our hostas :) We've had crazy snails and slugs this year, too. My goodness -- the worst we ever had them. Our hostas have been really lucky this year -- the ones in pots are generally always safe because it's easy for us to check those in the morning and evenings. Our new flower bed of hostas (it's a small area with only hostas) is also easy to check. I guss if we had a 'trick' it would be that we keep them quite separate from other plants and all together -- making it easier for us to manually check for slugs and snails every morning and night. (And we do that most days... doesn't take long. And really only needed after a rain or when the weather has been cooler.)
Yes and no. I would treat it like we do our salvias and deadhead it all at once after its first flowering. Instead of deadheading it daily, like the Blanket Flower (for example). You will probably get a second flush of blooms this way. You can of course deadhead it daily as the flowers get spent... but chances are it'll be easier to do them all at once as that first flowering will end all at about the same time.
Lovely garden. How to keep lobelia growing all summer is my problem. I water fertilize allow dry and still no luck. Please help. Do I deadhead lobelia? Ty... Kind Regards..Mari
Hmmm... Lobelia does prefer cooler temperatures and can struggle in the heat, so planting in a location with partial shade can help it thrive during the hottest months. Ensure the soil is consistently moist but well-drained, as lobelia doesn’t tolerate dry conditions well. Deadheading, or removing spent flowers, can encourage more blooms and prevent the plant from going to seed too early. Regular feeding with a balanced, water-soluble fertilizer every few weeks can also promote healthy growth and flowering. If your lobelia begins to look leggy or tired, a mid-season trim can rejuvenate the plants and encourage fresh growth. If all that fails... it could just be the heat! Not sure if you've had a lot of that... we're having a really hot spell right now and plants are reacting to it. sighhhhh
That's a good question! Here are a few that we bring indoors quite a lot... Echinacea (Coneflower), Peonies, Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan), Dahlias (altho they're from tubers), Lupines, Hydrangeas, Phlox, Yarrow (Achillea), Sedum, Daisy, Astrantia (Masterwort). We also use verbena in our vases, too --- altho, we don't generally cut flowers to bring indoors, we like them in the garden :)
If you wait until all the color is gone in the bloom, is that too late to deadhead? Would that trigger to the plant that it’s done blooming and ready to make seed?
Great question! If you wait until all the color is gone from the bloom before deadheading, it is not necessarily too late to do so, but it is less optimal. Here’s why: Once a bloom starts to fade and loses its color, the plant begins to shift its energy towards seed production. This process starts when the bloom begins to fade, not necessarily when all color is gone. However, removing the spent blooms before seed formation is complete can still redirect the plant's energy back to producing more flowers. The best time to deadhead is right after the blooms start to fade but before they fully wither and go to seed. This encourages the plant to produce more flowers and prevents it from entering its seed-producing phase too early. Hope that helps! But... I often miss a few and find seed heads in something like the Blanket Flower (with all of its flowers). As long as you get most of them, the plant keeps producing :)
We do deadhead those daisies... altho, to be honest, we don't think it really affects the flowering that much. We do it mainly for the look -- not for more flowers.
I stop when I start to see the number of new blooms slowing down. The plant will reach its lifecycle and stop producing. For us, we'll stop deadheading here in September and let the plants naturally go to seed. That gives us time for the seeds to 'ripen' and dry on the plant before we collect.
Obedient plants can be deadheaded when the bloom is dried out/dead. Prune down to the end of the bloom where the leaves begin. Often this will allow the plant to continue blooming. :)
Deadheading clematis is not typically necessary, but it can be beneficial depending on what you're looking for. If you deadhead, it can encourage some clematis varieties to produce more blooms, especially the smaller-flowered types. However, many clematis will naturally bloom just once per season, so deadheading won't necessarily lead to more flowers. Additionally, if you leave the spent flowers on the plant, they can produce attractive seed heads that add interest to the garden. These seed heads can be quite ornamental for winter interest. So, whether or not to deadhead clematis is up to you-do it if you prefer a tidier look or want to encourage a possible second bloom, or skip it if you enjoy the seed heads and want to let the plant follow its natural cycle. We aren't growing any this season... but typically, we never deadhead ours.
Although I have known about deadheading for a long time, I seldom do it. Now I shall mend my ways and get to enjoy blooms for a much longer season. Thank you😃
Glad you will mend your ways! hahaha
The bees will love you for it, too :)
This was so useful and you explained things really well Allen. Great camera work Lars! I felt your pain when you accidentally broke off the Dahlia flower. We've all done it!
Lars is so happy to have a compliment about his camera work :)
And... that poor dahlia. haha. Luckily, we have plenty more ;)
Even though I am not a young gardener, I watched with great interest and learned many new things.
Another perfect video ❤
Thank you 💚 We just wanted to make the whole job seem possible - especially for anyone new to deadheading. If someone can feel encouraged, then we did our job 🤓🤓. There’s nothing worse than not doing something simply because you think it’s too complicated.
Thank you for taking the time and making sure that you get the up close shots - very educational!!!
Glad it was helpful! And I'll make sure Lars gets the props for the close ups... I'm so glad it was helpful.
This was so helpful. Other UA-camrs talk about deadheading, but they are not specific as to how to do it. This was invaluable to a newbie, like me. Thank you for taking the time to show us how to do it on different types of flowers.
Thank YOU for taking the time to comment 💚. I know it can seem like a lot at first … that’s why we wanted to show quite a few different ones. It’s basically the same process - but it does help to see it. 🤓☺️
Super helpful instructions, and as always, a joy to stroll through the garden with you! I love the riot of color and free flowing nature of your garden that is so beautiful without being chaotic.
That's a beautiful way to explain it! Thank you :) A riot of color without being chaotic. ---very very well said. We might just use that one day when we try to explain our garden 'style'. Thanks so much :)
The garden is always so beautiful… keep up the great work guys! 😘🌸
That's so kind of you! Thanks for watching and for commenting :)
Absolutely beautiful garden. Love the variety of plants. Thanks for the deadheading tips.
You are so welcome! Thank YOU for watching :)
Well done! Great information for us. Your gardens are gorgeous!❤
Thanks for visiting! And so glad you find some useful information in there :)
This was so helpful, especially about the plants you DON’T deadhead and why. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. Thanks for the close up shots!
You are so very welcome!
I really enjoyed this and both of your casual commentary. Even if each flower has the same pruning process, it was great to see it demonstrated individually and introduced specifically for that type. Your hardwork & efforts really shows in the lush garden. Ill keep in mind some of the flowers that were shown in the video and grow my own someday. I also cherish my scrap bucket. It definitely comes in handy for everything.
Thank you so much! We wanted to be sure to show a few of our favorites and how we keep them flowering for longer. Hope you have a great gardening week ahead! Big hello from Denmark.
Yes I agree 👍 terrific video. And I'll share 👏
I usually deadhead my Salvia all summer.I got super busy ,didn't,and they went to seed.But I am actually really happy about it.The Purple Finches apparently love the seeds and they spent hours on them!When they had their fill I cut them back and they look better than ever and the finches had a lot of good meals.Love your garden!!☺️
That's such a wonderful surprise for the garden. AND happy finches are always a bonus :)
@@perennial-garden It was a wonderful surprise 😸
Excellent video guys. You put some very informative stuff out for us.
Great to hear! Thanks for watching 💚💚
Thanks a lot for this video. It's tough to find good deadheading videos. Will definitely watch it again.
So glad it was helpful! (Thanks for commenting to let us know!)
Super informative and so easy to follow . You’re garden is a credit to you both , thanks for sharing ❤🌺🌸
That's very kind of you to say! Thank you for the encouragement :)
Thank you for this video. I find deadheading very therapeutic so enjoy doing it. My son has a wonderful garden but, having a small baby and working full-time, doesn't have much time for deadheading. Having seen your video I plan to head over there and give him a hand. Thanks again. Your garden is looking really beautiful and I appreciate your generosity in sharing it with us. :)
YOU are the best parent ever! As a son :) I can assure you that he'll be so thankful for the help... AND when the garden keeps flowering for longer, even the bees will thank you!
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Your flower beds are spectacular🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much 😊
Great camera work. Love that we can see exactly where you are cutting!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the encouragement 💚
“I end up rubbing it to death.” 😂
I love listening to you both. You make fun interesting videos and explain things incredibly well.
The problems of a nail biter 😂
I’m happy I found your channel very informative. I love your garden flowers!
Thank you so much! 💚 We’re glad you found us too!
Thank you for all the extra detail. Im new to gardening & this video was very helpful.
You are so very welcome ☺️
Very interesting video, i’v learned a lot especially about the blanket flower. From the Caribbean and I will be watching more of your videos.
Glad it was helpful! And a big hello to the Caribbean from Scandinavia :)
This was the single best deadheading video I've ever seen on youtube! Fantastic job!
Yay! Thank you! 💚
Thanks for all your tips guys, your garden is looking gorgeous 😍 😊
Thanks so much 😊 All that deadheading (and all this rain) really helps :) Altho we always film on the one sunny day. haha
@@perennial-garden Same here, it makes it look like it's always sunny and never rains 🤣🤣
@@MadAboutGardening No one sees how we basically wait days to rush out and film something -- and then it's usually crazy windy. haha
@@perennial-garden We definitely have a similar climate. We have to keep a close eye on the forecast and like today, do the filming before the showers. At least we've had a night off watering 🤣Have a great week 💛
I have deadheaded for many years but I loved watching this video! Great close ups. Like hearing you talk. Nice review of what you have growing in your beautiful garden,
Then you understand the importance of deadheading for sure! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment :)
Love Your Garden, it is spectacular ! Deadheading is very important, I am learning a lot. I of course would make many little BOUQUETS for the house ,so much BEAUTY…… must have FLOWERS always, outside & indoors ! 🌻🐞😊🩷❤️🦋🐝🌼🌷🌻🧡🎋🎋🌸☀️❤️
You are so right! We do need to bring more of our flowers indoors... we do that with our dahlias a lot. It's so nice to have color inside, too :)
Greetings from northwest Georgia, we've had a little reprieve from the heat wave. Seems to be over though, back to the 90's and high humidity next week. I love to see the daylilies, I don't dead head mine, I have over 300 different colors , so dead heading is out of the question. Have a great week.
300 different colors! My goodness that must be really gorgeous to see. And great that they like the humidity and temps you're having.
Hope you're having a great Sunday -- and that you find a cool breeze!
They were beautiful for May and June, but now I'm getting some reboots. I probably have 2 or 3 thousand individual plants, and a few unnamed colors from seeds.
That’s incredible! You can name them after yourself 💚
Such a wonderful video! I really appreciate you two sharing your beautiful garden and such useful information! I was outside tonight deadheading many flowers that I have been neglecting for a bit. I shall deadhead more, including the echinacea, this weekend.
I bet your garden is really happy that you took off the spent flowers :) They'll thank you with even more blooms :)
Thank you ive enjoyed watching and you have such a beautiful garden❤
Thank you so much 😊
You guys are funny and informative
Ahhh! Thanks for that 💚. And thank you for watching!
Love hanging out with you two!😂
I learn and laugh so much!
Thanks again (rolling out of bed now to deadhead with confidence)
hahaha! Glad we got you rolling with a smile and rolling out to deadhead. It's a win-win for us then. hahaha :)
This was so.much fun...from.canada
So glad you watched! Big hello from Denmark 🇩🇰
Thank you - it’s helped me a lot 👌
So glad! And thanks for letting us know 🥰
Geum red looms! That was a surprise, thank you. J
And so pretty!
I just love love loooove your garden, guys. Everytime you invite us in I am happy and can't wait for whatever you're going to show us.
People probably asked this 100 times already, but: Do you have any landscape fabric underneath the gravel paths?
I feel very encouraged to go out and deadhead some plants btw...you did very well!! ;D
Have a nice Sunday
That's so kind of you! We're glad you watched with us :)
As for the paths... there is no landscape fabric underneath. There is a layer of stone flour (ground up stones... we call it stone flour in Danish)... and then the actual small white gravel that you can see. We don't have any big weeds coming up from under, but we do have small weeds that come from seeds dropped on the surface, etc. These are easy removed -- we have a weed burner that we use to get rid of them easily. Hope that helps!
@@perennial-garden Thank you so much for answering.
@@EnolaElorie He'll love the weed burner! It's like a mini flame thrower 🔥 So you get to pretend to be in a Rambo movie the whole time. hahaha
Thanks a lot for thar very interesting and practical video we can all benefit from. Prolonged flowering season means also we sre less tempted to buy annual to fill the gaps.
10000%! I wish I had mentioned that as a bonus, too. Thanks for the comment so others can see it :)
Love this! More deadheading vids please! What a magnificent garden. This is such a sweet, positive channel. So appreciated. Have you guys thought of putting a slightly darker gravel path in - blending with the side stones? It would really set off the blooms and green. It would also absorb more heat. Thanks for a great channel and all the care & work you put into it.
Thank you for watching!
And we did think about a darker gravel... but went with the lighter stone to reflect more light. It gets really dark here in Denmark all winter... and the lighter stone makes the garden a little less dark during the long nights we have :)
Love watching and learning from your experience in the garden. The team work in the garden is amazing. Finally subscribed and rang the belllllll😅. Keep the fun and educational videos coming. Love you guys.
Thank you for subscribing! We're glad you're here ... finally ;)
And I'm glad you appreciate the team work... we enjoy hanging out and working together. Glad that shows thru :)
Over here in Arkansas. I really love y'all and your plant knowledge!
So glad to hear that! Hope you’re having a great week in Arkansas 💚
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So glad it was useful! Hope you have a great gardening week :)
Guys you're adorable✨🍀
🥰🥹 Thank you for watching 💚
What a beautiful garden! I try to deadhead, but this summer heat has been unbearable here in KS, USA.
Goodness! I don't blame you... if it ever got hot here, I'd do the same. :)
Would love some border layout plans from you guys, to create the same lush in our gardens! 💚
We've been talking about showing what we plant each month (what we've planted, rather) to make sure that you get flowers all season long. We just need to find the time to do it. haha
Great idea tho! It's on the list :)
Muy buenos videos.. saludos desde Paraguay..
Big hello back from Denmark 🇩🇰
Very helpful tips and a gorgeous garden
You are always so sweet to us! Thank youuuuu :)
fantastic video. your garden is beautiful
Thank you so much!
Goodness me! I've never laughed so much during one of your videos. I hope you do get a new hat for Christmas!
Thank you for showing the phlox. And now I need a white rose campion. Sheesh. You two are enablers!
Btw, my foxglove has sent up a tiny new shoot and will flower again! The same one my neighbour wanted to pull out as a weed 😂
My tale of woe: when I first started growing my beloved dayliles, I'd get one scape with 2 buds and would snap off the bud instead of the spent bloom! I cried the first time it happened lol. Now I get hundreds of blooms and shrug my shoulders and keep snapping away. It happens.
I'll wait on that hat ;) ...he says it every summer and we've been married for 13 years. So... let's see. ;)
LOVE that you called us enablers! hahaha - that made me laugh.
And good for that little foxglove -- I bet it got so scared it was like 'i better produce or that lady's friends will take me out' 😂
@perennial-garden but it's recorded on video now 🧢😂
True! So maybe this is the Christmas for it 😂
Good explanations! 😊
Thank you so much!
Deadheading is my zen meditation and the deer often get to the blooms way before I’m ready…
Guess they're helping in their own way ;).
The only plant I was waiting for you to deadhead you didnt have was an Azalea. The flowers grow all over the plant so not sure how to do it .... but really great video🙏
Thanks for watching! With our rhododendrons (and Lars has a lot of them at his work), we find that removing the faded flowers from evergreen and deciduous azaleas is unnecessary. The flowers fall away and leave the seed-heads... these rarely affect the new growth which is produced after flowering. You can simple pinch off the spent flowers if you want... but from our experience, it's too much work and not really necessary. Hope that helps!
Never mind Lars 😢 when Allen forgets to dead head ... that's your chance to save the seeds🙃
hahaha! He is sooo ready for every plant to go to seed :)
I find dead heading therapeutic and relaxing. Usually gets done alot until it is hot at the end of July and August. 90 degrees and over with humidity is not a time to stroll about for me.
Oh goodness! I don't blame you. In that heat, not much seems possible... nor fun. But i agree.. it's a very therapeutic task... just get in the zone and snip snip snip. haha
@@perennial-garden Sure it will be cool before we know it.
@@CA-rx9ze So true!
Thank you so much for this! I always thought dead heading was just pulling off the very top 😢 🤷🏻♀️
So glad you watched! Thanks for commenting, too :)
Roses? Do you have any and if you did how would you deadhead them? Thank you for another wonderful video of your beautiful garden.
Thank you for watching!
We don't have any roses. We are big fans of Laura from Garden Answer tho... and found this on her channel: ua-cam.com/video/4e41SQEaUAY/v-deo.htmlsi=3fd7sXm1YHqzHw8r -- if anyone can explain how to deadhead roses, it would be her! :)
@@perennial-garden I loving Laura and Aaron. They are so lovely people and i have learned so much
They have such a beautiful space! My goodness. Would love to visit there one day 💚
@@perennial-garden it is my big wish but I do not fly with planes. 😓 So I only can drive by car
At least we can all enjoy it on video ❤️ even from far away over here 😀
A video about sterile varieties would be interesting if you have a few examples. I was excited to save seed of my yellow geum until I read it's a sterile variety. Darn it! And I think you mentioned some lupins being sterile? Just a thought
That's very true! Our Salmon Star lupine is sterile... so we have to propagate it by cuttings. That's a very good idea, actually.
Wow 🌷🥀🪻
Thank you! Greetings from Denmark :)
Guys EVERYTIME I catch a glimpse of the garden in the background tons of gorgeousness and colour....tons...but my eyes just do a bee line to that dark foliaged 💜🖤 Heliopsis🧡💛❤....I'm sure you have featured it various times but at the moment it leaves my memory....is it 'Burning Hearts'? I have some but mine grows anywhere from a foot to 18" shorter than yours ....maybe it's the 20 to 25 extra degrees it gets in the summer here in El Paso, TX.....gee you think😰☠?
Lol I wasnt finished watching the whole video... I put in my comment while you were on the geum then came the phlox then there it was..... time....marc......patience?😂
It could 100% be the heat! In hotter conditions, plants often experience stress, which can lead to shorter growth as they conserve energy and water. I do not blame them at all ;) haha
HA! I'm the same way... I always comment within the first minute of a video and then have to end up replying to myself later! haha
Thanks!
Thank you! Such a lovely surprise 💚🥰 Big hello and Tusind Tak from us in Denmark 🇩🇰
Please consider doing a small segment of choosing and cutting for indoor display??
We aren't really great at indoor flower arranging. But we can for sure cut some and make the easiest bouquet you've ever seen ;)
Just came across this tonight and enjoyed your demeanor and knowledge very much. I'll check out more of your videos soon. I just had a question about deadheading in this video.
Did you then save the seeds from the spent heads? Thanks, so enjoyable.
Greetings from the USA!
The ones that I deadheaded in the video weren't quite ready to collect yet. They need to be drier and 'riper' (as we say in Denmark).
We've collected seeds of other perennials that are already dry and ready tho.... even some of our other lupines that we let go to seed.
At the end of the summer, we'll finally stop deadheading and let our plants seed, then we'll collect what we want to resow :)
@@perennial-garden Thanks, I wasn't sure if you let them dry after deadheading to save seeds! Good to know, appreciate the response!
@@paulamucha4378 Thank you for writing! :)
Loved this video. I saw you had daisies in the background at 12:05 when you were talking about the foxgloves. I was wondering if you deadhead them. I faithfully deadhead my daisies but they never seem to rebloom.
I deadhead them only because they can look pretty bad otherwise. They don't really come with a lot of new blooms... not like a Blanket Flower or Salvia for example. So it's not one that's really high on my 'must do' list.
I have the same problem with pinching. Always have to use knifes or Felcos
I envy those who have that skill (and fingernails 😂)
Great video content with naturally flowing narration that is "subtly" educational to your audience (ME!) 🥸
Your skills & background as (former) teachers are so obvious ❣
PS: 20:39 ~ So many gorgeous blooming perennials who are the "stars" in your garden, but for the SUPERSTAR is still the Heliopsis 🌻🌻🌻
Totally agree about that superstar!
Wow, thank you! Glad to see that our backgrounds come thru :) And that you can find something useful in our ramblings :)
Hi
Just a tip...why not buy long handled cutters.They are ideal for reaching awkward or faraway plants🐝🌟💯🤩
That's a great suggestion, actually! That and get myself a hat ;)
Very helpful. When my tall phlox first look like the flower is finished, rather than cut the stem, I gently pull off the floppy flowerettes. They look like melting marshmallows. There is a second layer underneath that then gets to come up but I used to miss it because I chopped the whole stem off. After that second flowering I then cut the stem and the side stems grow up. Try it and see if you have same thing.
That's a great tip! And I love the picture of melting marshmallows! Such an accurate way to describe them. THANKS for sharing :)
Great video. Thank you for sharing. How do you compost?
Hi, Paulie! We have a compost bin where we collect our garden scraps + kitchen scraps... dump it all in and keep it stirred. We'll use the compost every spring (late winter) and empty it over our garden and in our raised beds for the dahlias.
Thanks for useful knowledge. How about (Aquilegia) - should I have deadheaded mine? They have already seeded, but for next year?
To us, it isn't necessary to deadhead columbines. The spent flower petals will drop off and you'll see a seedpod forming. With those we focus more on the seeds and collecting those (or letting them self seed) than we do with prolonging their flowering.
Thank you for the fun, informative, colourful video. Do you deadhead penstemon Midnight Masquerade? They don’t rebloom for me in Canada zone 5
You're right... Deadheading this one can encourage a tidier appearance and may promote some reblooming, though it's not guaranteed. At least it helps it all look better :)
Oh Lars 😂I can just picture your little stash of plants by your fence😁 Your comment made me laugh!!!
He hides so many things by the fence... knowing I never go back there. hahaha
@@perennial-garden 😂😁 you guys are awesome-i5s comments like these that make you guys so loveable 🥰
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Thank you for your video on deadheading. I have a situation I would love to know your opinion about. I have a berm on which I planted 4 blanket flower plants. I planted them on the side of the berm, and they grew to be enormous! They then began to split at the base. Deadheading helped but quickly needed to be deadheaded again and heavy laden. Nothing broke off, but it looks unsightly and might break off. They have gone to seed. Should I cut them to the ground? I am in coastal North Carolina USA, zone 8b.
They are short-lived perennials... so if you've had them for 2 years, they might just be finishing up for you. You could divide them... just dig up the roots and divide it with a spade. Or you can collect the seeds and grow some new ones for next year.
The one I show in the video is 2 years old, too --- and it's starting to split and have a very empty middle. We'll leave it for next year, but we also grow more from seed knowing that we might have to replace it.
Excellent video. What kind of Felco snips do you use? Do you sharpen the blades or replace them when they get dull?
The snips we use are... gosh... I don't even know the brand. They were from the local gardening supply store -- nothing fancy.
We do LOVE DeWit gardening tools... and even have a cooperation with them on Lars Instagram. But we don't have snips from them. (Maybe I should order some for next season tho!)
As for when they get dull, we sharpen them. :)
Thanks for your very helpful tips again. I also spied some extremely healthy looking hostas in a pot. How do you keep them in that glorious state? My own hostas are usually all eaten up by an armada of snails, especially during this summer. And there is a bug called "Dickmaulrüssler" at almost every plant doing its devastatious job. Do you have a good tip for these problems?
Thank you for loving our hostas :) We've had crazy snails and slugs this year, too. My goodness -- the worst we ever had them.
Our hostas have been really lucky this year -- the ones in pots are generally always safe because it's easy for us to check those in the morning and evenings. Our new flower bed of hostas (it's a small area with only hostas) is also easy to check. I guss if we had a 'trick' it would be that we keep them quite separate from other plants and all together -- making it easier for us to manually check for slugs and snails every morning and night. (And we do that most days... doesn't take long. And really only needed after a rain or when the weather has been cooler.)
Love the garden? Would you deadhead Stachys “Hummelo”?
Yes and no. I would treat it like we do our salvias and deadhead it all at once after its first flowering. Instead of deadheading it daily, like the Blanket Flower (for example). You will probably get a second flush of blooms this way.
You can of course deadhead it daily as the flowers get spent... but chances are it'll be easier to do them all at once as that first flowering will end all at about the same time.
i am a nail bitter, as well,
Awful habit of mine... but... I've accepted it! haha
Fantastisk informativ, tak😄 hvad med lammeøre (der er virkelig grimme nu) eller løvefod?
Dejligt at høre. Lammeøre og Løvefod fjerner vi de visne blomsterstande så snart de er færdige. Ja de ser nemlig så grimme ud☺️
Lovely garden. How to keep lobelia growing all summer is my problem. I water fertilize allow dry and still no luck. Please help. Do I deadhead lobelia? Ty... Kind Regards..Mari
Hmmm... Lobelia does prefer cooler temperatures and can struggle in the heat, so planting in a location with partial shade can help it thrive during the hottest months. Ensure the soil is consistently moist but well-drained, as lobelia doesn’t tolerate dry conditions well. Deadheading, or removing spent flowers, can encourage more blooms and prevent the plant from going to seed too early. Regular feeding with a balanced, water-soluble fertilizer every few weeks can also promote healthy growth and flowering. If your lobelia begins to look leggy or tired, a mid-season trim can rejuvenate the plants and encourage fresh growth.
If all that fails... it could just be the heat! Not sure if you've had a lot of that... we're having a really hot spell right now and plants are reacting to it. sighhhhh
Which of your perennials make good cut flowers that last a long time in the vase?
That's a good question! Here are a few that we bring indoors quite a lot... Echinacea (Coneflower), Peonies, Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan), Dahlias (altho they're from tubers), Lupines, Hydrangeas, Phlox, Yarrow (Achillea), Sedum, Daisy, Astrantia (Masterwort).
We also use verbena in our vases, too --- altho, we don't generally cut flowers to bring indoors, we like them in the garden :)
Thank you for this. Can you tell me about rosenskovmærke? Ved du hvordan mand gøre det? På forhånd, tak!
Jeg fjerner bare selve den visne blomst, så producerer den endnu flere blomster.
@@perennial-garden Jeg har åbenbart gjørt det forkert. Det har ikke blomstrede siden Juni... Vi skal se. Tak for svaren.
If you wait until all the color is gone in the bloom, is that too late to deadhead? Would that trigger to the plant that it’s done blooming and ready to make seed?
Great question! If you wait until all the color is gone from the bloom before deadheading, it is not necessarily too late to do so, but it is less optimal.
Here’s why:
Once a bloom starts to fade and loses its color, the plant begins to shift its energy towards seed production. This process starts when the bloom begins to fade, not necessarily when all color is gone. However, removing the spent blooms before seed formation is complete can still redirect the plant's energy back to producing more flowers.
The best time to deadhead is right after the blooms start to fade but before they fully wither and go to seed. This encourages the plant to produce more flowers and prevents it from entering its seed-producing phase too early.
Hope that helps! But... I often miss a few and find seed heads in something like the Blanket Flower (with all of its flowers). As long as you get most of them, the plant keeps producing :)
What about the daisy's that were right in front of you? Do you deadhead? Or cut back? Thank you
We do deadhead those daisies... altho, to be honest, we don't think it really affects the flowering that much. We do it mainly for the look -- not for more flowers.
How do i know when to stop deadheading, so i can get seeds? Thank you
I stop when I start to see the number of new blooms slowing down. The plant will reach its lifecycle and stop producing. For us, we'll stop deadheading here in September and let the plants naturally go to seed. That gives us time for the seeds to 'ripen' and dry on the plant before we collect.
I find Gaura complicated to deadhead
With that one, deadheading isn't usually necessary... it will continue to bloom without removing the spent flowers.
Do you deadhead obedient plants?
Obedient plants can be deadheaded when the bloom is dried out/dead. Prune down to the end of the bloom where the leaves begin. Often this will allow the plant to continue blooming. :)
@@perennial-garden Thank you!!!
7:25 "Tedious"
THAT'S the word I was looking for :)
Cumbersome?
@@levans3447 That's a good one, too!
Do you deadhead clematis?
Deadheading clematis is not typically necessary, but it can be beneficial depending on what you're looking for. If you deadhead, it can encourage some clematis varieties to produce more blooms, especially the smaller-flowered types. However, many clematis will naturally bloom just once per season, so deadheading won't necessarily lead to more flowers.
Additionally, if you leave the spent flowers on the plant, they can produce attractive seed heads that add interest to the garden. These seed heads can be quite ornamental for winter interest.
So, whether or not to deadhead clematis is up to you-do it if you prefer a tidier look or want to encourage a possible second bloom, or skip it if you enjoy the seed heads and want to let the plant follow its natural cycle. We aren't growing any this season... but typically, we never deadhead ours.
@@perennial-garden Thank you for your response. Much appreciated.
@@esampson2369 No problem :)
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