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Deadheading Geum

ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
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Morning all....is this the right place to cut when deadheading Geum.

Or, am I better just leaving seed heads on?


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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Looks right to me.
    Some Geums won’t re flower, so you only need to dead head if you like being tidy.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Looks right to me too. I dead head Totally Tangerine, flowers for ages.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    That's how l deadhead mine as well  :)
    Agree with @Busy-Lizzie as regards Totally Tangerine, mine are flowering their heads off. I  did the first deadheading yesterday. 
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    @punkdoc @Busy-Lizzie @AnniD thanks all... I've seen some of the Totally T in the garden gallery and they look amazing.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Sheps That is just how it should be done, go further down the stem and you cut off another  bud which is sometimes very tiny.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    @GardenerSuze thanks...will keep an eye on the buds when cutting.
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