I have many other plants, including petunias and geraniums, I usually pick off the dead flowers on those plants, but I am unsure what to do with the gerbers. Thanks to anyone that can enlighten me....
2007-05-26 13:01:58 · 6 answers · asked by Vinnie F 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
This is funny.. I just came inside from dead-heading my flowers. Including Gerber daisies. Just a tip: rather than pick off the dead flowers, actually pinch off the flower and the stem. It will stimulate spreading and flowering.
Gerber daisies are prolific, and will come back, year after year. Many flowers that are considered "annuals" will come back if, in the fall, you just shake the plant. Yep, just shake it. This will scatter the seeds. Just don't get too anxious in the spring to clean up your flower beds, until you can identify the flowers that are coming up.
2007-05-26 13:15:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deadheading Daisies
2016-11-16 08:15:56 · answer #2 · answered by bolt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Treat a gerber the same way that you would treat a petunia. It's cool. They are georgeous, aren't they?
2007-05-26 14:00:34 · answer #3 · answered by Trillium 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/annuals/msg061849365419.html
this is what the garden forum has to say.
.............Deadhead daisies?................
just cutting off the flowers will leave an ugly plant with stems sticking out..you don't want that! Cut back the flowering stems all the way into foliage. They should rebloom
2007-05-26 13:13:19 · answer #4 · answered by LucySD 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, otherwise they go to seed. When they are dead-headed, they continue to expend their energy in producing blooms.
2007-05-26 13:06:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im not to sure they are to be deadheaded? I had some too, and did deadhead and never got any more regrowth?
2007-05-26 14:48:59 · answer #6 · answered by jmada05 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋