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Plant care help please

CompleterookieCompleterookie Posts: 130
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Do I need to cut these back completely? No idea how to care for winter flowering plants. Thanks in advance for any help 

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  • Chris-P-BaconChris-P-Bacon Posts: 943
    They look like Pansies.. so no, don't cut them back. Do deadhead them though (cut the flowers off when they've died down). Pansies wont re-flower once they've produced a seed head.
  • CompleterookieCompleterookie Posts: 130
    Sorry about this. Im a complete rookie, dead head? Do I  cut the bud where its attached to stem, leaving empty stalk? 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Take the dead flower/seed pod and its stalk back as far down as you can. If you just take off the flower/pod it's better than doing nothing, but the old stalk won't do anything but look untidy.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • CompleterookieCompleterookie Posts: 130
    Big thanks 👍 
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