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| I have two wine 'n roses weigella. Both bloomed beautifully and the blooms are now spent. Do I deadhead to encourage more blooms or will spent blooms fall and new ones generate? |
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| I have the variegated weigelia, which I love. I have never deadheaded it, and only get one fantastic flush of bloom. These also root very easily. This shot I took yesterday, and its already going downhill after the flush of bloom.SO its not at its finest. Tammy  |
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| Looks like I might be wrong. According to the following site, mine is supposed to bloom again in the fall. It never has tho, but I dont prune. This may need some more looking into. Tammy |
Here is a link that might be useful: Variegated Weigela
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, May 27, 09 at 9:29
| you deadhead annuals and perennials... you do NOT deadhead SHRUBS .... by grouping plants under common names.. such as annual.. shrub.. conifer.. tree .... we can come to certain conclusions about how things are done ... we do not prune conifers.. the way we would prune shrubs ... same with deadheading... and various other things... so once you start putting these things into the proper groups.. you start becoming able to make certain presumptions ... re-blooming of SHRUBS... is different that annuals ... the second flush is usually minor.. not all that great a show as compared to the spring bounty .... and highly dependent on the summer [drought, storms, etc] and most importantly.. maturity ... young plants.. under say 5 years old.. might just skip fall .... or only put out a couple flowers that you might never notice.. but for walking out there at the right moment and looking for them ... bottom line.. you have a million other things to do in the garden.. rather than dead head a shrub .. carpe diem.. lol .. all that said.. removing seed pods on something like lilac or azalea or rhodies.. might improve the look of the plant.. but is NOT a requisite.. and will NOT cause rebloom ... have a great day ken |
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| Thanks Ken and Tammy. I obviously am new to gardening and have a lot to learn. Weather cooperating I am planting two varigated Weigela today. Looks like they might compliment the Wine 'n Roses nicely. Then its off to weeding. Thanks again. |
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- Posted by Charles Harvey 5b(hyperstonehome@yahoo.com) onWed, Sep 8, 10 at 21:34
| It depends on the reason you wish to deadhead. If you want to redirect energy from seed/fruit/cone production to root/shoot production, say on a young conifer it makes sense to remove the cones. The plant will not be able to 'waste' energy on seeds that you may not need. It is primary biology. i doubt your weigelia produces many seeds, so save the effort, and no need to thin cones off of a 50 foot spruce, but if a young tree or shrub has produced an abundance of blooms or seed/fruit, than by all means remove some or all. The tree will thrive rather than reproduce. |
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