Can I remove the dead flowers on my gardenias? They are very healthy plants and have many flowers on them.
Removal Gardenias flowers?
Not much to say here except, Yep, no worries. Lovely bushes, sadly it's too limey where I am so I'm envioius,
Reply:I have a gardenia in my house that is blooming like crazy right now. When the flowers dry up, I just pinch them off at the base if they don't fall off on their own first! If you want to do a little pruning at the same time, you can use a scissor or snipper and remove a little of the stem along with the spent flower.
Reply:Sure you can, won't hurt a thing. Time for pruning is after flowering as they set next years buds at this time. Dead heading will not encourage more blooms this year, but pruning will increase next year's blooms.
Reply:I don't know too much about gardenias, but most perennials benefit by "deadheading" and encourage more flowering.
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