As the chief operating officer at the Washington, DC-area staffing firm Seneca Resources, Rob Persiano oversees the creation and implementation of a number of the company’s business strategies. Outside of the office, Rob Persiano likes to garden.
Flowers can make the drabbest of gardens radiate with beauty, but annuals and perennials typically only flower once per season. Fortunately, you can encourage your plants to grow more flowers through deadheading.
Flowers begin to wilt and their plants start to create seeds after pollination. Deadheading tells the flower to stop producing seeds and get back to creating flowers. To deadhead a flower, pinch or cut it off below the stem but above any healthy leaves.
After deadheading, your flowers will bloom again in the same season. Deadheading as soon as you see the flower turn will also help keep the task manageable. It is easier to trim a flower here and there than it is to deadhead every flower in one sitting.
