How to Deadhead Veronica Speedwell for More Flowers!
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
- Deadheading Veronica Speedwell is easy to do, once you know exactly where to make your cuts. In this video, I explain and show how to deadhead Veronica using two different Veronica Speedwell plants as examples: Veronica First Love and Veronica Royal Candles. I also show you what the new flowers and flower buds look like so you don’t accidentally cut them off while deadheading.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro plus Veronica First Love and Veronica Royal Candles
1:41 - Use Garden Snips
1:53 - How to Deadhead Veronica Speedwell
12:39 - Before and After … and what to look for!
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This is so satisfying to watch. Thank you for sharing and the tips in deadheading this flower.
I’ve got several Royal candles I’ve been struggling with. They are so tiny but vibrant. I’ve never deadheaded until this year. I can’t wait for the results. Thank you!!!
You're a good teacher. I see now that I've been cutting off the spent bloom spikes too low on my veronicas, and wondered why they didn't rebloom as advertised 🙄
Hi Maria - glad I could help! Your Veronica may put out some blooms, but it will take much longer than it would if you cut them just below each flower. But fingers crossed you might get a couple of blooms after cutting them low. Nonetheless, you’ve got nice green foliage to enjoy on these plants. Always find a bright side when gardening! 🙂🌺 Keep me posted if you get a few more blooms, ok? I hope that you do!
A very informative presentation. Thank you.
What a great video. I just out some Red Fox Veronica in a corner bee/butterly garden. This was immensely helpful!
I will have to add this to my garden next year. I didn't know that they rebloom.👍 Thanks for the video.
Many gardeners will just shear them back, which accidentally removes new flower buds. Instead, simple deadheading means they’ll give you flowers all Summer long! 👍 Enjoy choosing a pretty variety for next year! 🙂
I love deadheading! It becomes almost an obsession! Humidity soup! 🤣 I'm sick of that soup already!
Totally agree: deadheading is relaxing to me and almost therapeutic! I love the wonderful results of cleaned up plants and more flowers! It’s only mid-July and I’m SO done with this heat and humidity. 🥵🙃🙂
If you deadhead can those be used for seeds or do you have to wait until they are completely brown and dry.
Thank you. Just what i needed to know. The bees totally adore these.🙂
You’re welcome! I love watching the bees on them! 🐝 Which variety do you have?
@@GardenSanity My ones are called First Glory. I'm not sure if I'll get any more blooms this year as we may not have enough sun (based in Ireland).
Oooh First Glory has such a pretty blue color! 💙 I wish I had your weather in Ireland, as we’re beginning yet another heatwave here in the Eastern US. 🫠🥵
@@GardenSanity I'm not sure if you'd like all our rain!!! Although today it was sunny and 78F. That's really great for us!
78 degrees snd sunny sounds perfect! 🌞 But yes, too much rain can be too much! ☔️ We had another hot and humid day here in the 90s. 🫠🥵
I have two of these plants. I hope it’s not too late in the season for me to do this to them 👍🏼
It’s not too late! You can definitely deadhead your Veronica throughout the Summer for more blooms! 👍 Which variety or colors do you have? 🙂
@@GardenSanity Both first love pink
👍💕 First Love is so pretty - one of my favorites!
Concise and precise instructional video. I have 3 Veronicas but their leaves from the bottom/inside are completely wilted, and yellowed only the tips of the plants look good. Not sure why that is.
Glad the video was helpful! 🙂 When plants get yellow leaves, it can be - confusingly enough - from either too little water or too much water. If the yellowing is primarily at the bottom and inside, it could mean the plants are getting too much moisture/water. The roots might be waterlogged. If it was me, I would try and remove the wilted foliage and see what I’m left with. I’d also reduce watering to see if that helps. If it continues to look bad and more yellowing occurs, then I would cut the plant back and let it restart growing again. It means you won’t get any more blooms this season, but it may end up solving the issue. Veronicas do like moisture, but they also need good air flow between plants. I hope this helps! And I hope your Veronica rebounds nicely! 🌱👍
I'm having an odd issue where when I prune the dead ones off the cut area dies and browns and a lot of the time kills the entire branch. Not sure what's going on.
hi Laura, yes we are very hot here too. we live by the ocean but the humidity has been brutal the last few days. i have veronica but i have white wands... good to know this info! do you know much about dividing them? i'd like to make more of my veronica but not sure if they divide well. 🥵 hope you stay cool!
Yes it’s always the humidity that does me in! The worst is when even near the ocean, we get land breezes sometimes that are just so hot. 🥵 White wands is very pretty and I’d like to add that to my garden! 🤍 Veronica divides well. I divided one of the Bubblegum Candles that I bought. I used a Hori Hori knife to slice down the middle of the plant, like slicing a large piece of cake. I didn’t do it as evenly as I wanted, and it resulted in a tiny piece. I planted it anyway and it’s fine. 🙂 I could have also used my hands to gently separate the plant too. I want to try propagating them. (I’m deciding what I want to buy for this purpose…and yes, will be a video.) 👍 I hope you stay cool too! I just want bearable weather! 🤣🤯
@@GardenSanity thanks!!! look forward to more vids!
@@GardeningSpirit Thanks so much to you as well! 🌱💕
What causes the leaves on my Veronica to turn brown, yellow, and die?
Hi Joanne -- it could be one of two things: either too much water (leaves dry up and turn brown) or too much water (leaves turn yellow and then eventually die). If you've had a wet Spring perhaps that's what is causing the yellowing of the leaves. Is it all over the plant or just in spots? Add some slow-release fertilizer or compost into the soil around the plants to help give the plants a little boost of nutrients. (I always hate the answer, "it might be too much or too little water" so I apologize this is my answer to you. 🙂 It's a fine line to know which one is the culprit.
Mine was leggy and flopped, so I just chopped it in half. I’m feeling your bunny pain right now. A bunny chewed off some branches of my boxwood hedge to make a nest in there. 🤬🐰
Oh no on both counts! 😲 But I get it: sometimes you just need to chop something down and be done with it. Which variety do you have? As for the bunny nest - I guess that bunny is smart to find a safe place to have babies. But how frustrating for you! ☹️
@@GardenSanity Not sure what type. It was a $1 clearance, but it’s a nice pale blue.
Sounds pretty!
Can you divide these?
Hi Katie -- you can, but I found it wasn't as easy as some other perennials. The roots just sort of fell apart and I had to try and "push" them all back together. 🤣 A plant eventually grew, but it I wouldn't call it one of my better dividing moments! Next time, I will carefully dig out the plant, place it on the ground on its side and use a hori-hori knife to try and cut the plant in half -- from the roots up to the "surface" of the plant. Some perennials you can even just gently pull apart the different sections to make new plants -- but that's wasn't my personal experience with Veronica. Hope this helps!
Thank you! I think it already killed it, I feel sad.
Do you mean you pruned the Veronica too low? it will grow back, if that’s the case! 👍