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My beautiful peonies, double red, and single and double whites, have finished blooming. Do I deadhead them? If so, whenm? Now or in the fall?
Many thanks for the answer.
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#2 of 2 posted
11 JUN 05 by
Amy
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Yes, as soon as a flower has dropped the petals, you can clip the head off just above a leaf node. You can choose a leaf node further down the stalk, if that keeps the stalk at the same height as most of the leaves. The plant will conserve energy by not putting it into making seeds.
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5 JUL 06 by
Novice
You dead-head them once they start to lose petals and then allow the plant to die back - go brown. By doing this you allow tha plant time to draw in nourishment to the root system. When the bush is totally dead you can then cut it back to about 3 inches from the ground to over winter. Next year you should find a stronger and larger plant. If your plants are getting to large you can dig them up carefully with as much of the root stock as possible and divide them. We have tried this on a few occasions and we now have double the plants we had originally and they are getting as big as the originals Novice |
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