With careful attention to deadheading, you can keep many perennials looking their best all summer. Deadheading is a simple technique. It is the removal of spent flowers which encourages repeat blooms or to enhance the plant’s general appearance. If you are wondering how deadheading will encourage a plant to produce a second flush of flowers, [...]

Rudbeckia is popular with both the veteran gardener as well as the novice gardener.  Their colorful flowers and their toughness under adversity, earns them a four star rating. The bright flowers are ideal for bouquets, and the seed heads are a great addition to a dried flower arrangement. Once they begin to flower, they begin [...]