How to Deadhead the Blanket Flower
Deadheading flowers is a gardening technique that involves cutting off flowers as they fade and wilt on plants. Deadheading is beneficial for flowering plants because it allows plants to redirect energy toward making new blossoms, keeping your plants looking attractive in your garden. Blanket flowers are a perennial flower with beautiful daisy-like blossoms. Deadheading your blanket flowers will keep them blooming throughout the entire summer. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Monitor the blanket flower as it begins to bloom during the summer so you will know when the blossoms begin to fade.
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Use the pruning shears to trim off spent blossoms. Look for spent blossoms that intersect with another stem (usually a thicker stem). This will prevent your blanket flowers from having pointy stems without blossoms sticking out all over the plant.
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Fertilize the blanket flower by mixing fertilizer with water according to package recommendations. Pour the fertilizer onto the soil around the base of the plant, taking care not to get any fertilizer on the plant foliage or blossoms.
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Continue to monitor your blanket flower plant and remove blossoms as they wilt.
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Tips & Warnings
Fertilizing the blanket flower plant after deadheading helps energize the plant so that it can redirect its energy into forming new blossoms.
