Geraniums need plenty of direct sunlight—at least six hours a day—to bloom well, so too much shade will stunt their flower production. Overwatering or poor drainage can cause root stress and yellowing ...

Removing faded flowers stimulates more blooms on many plants. Deadhead flowers when they begin to wilt or fade. To deadhead effectively, remove the entire flowering portion, including any sepals or ...

Deadheading is a necessary task in the garden to keep plants healthy and to prolong the blooming season. Many summer-blooming annuals and perennials hit their peak between late June and early August, ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - If your once beautiful flowering plants are looking tired, some seasonal attention can encourage new blooms and more color through a process called deadheading. Plants like geraniums ...

Deadheading, the removal of spent blooms, encourages new growth and more flowers. Annuals like zinnias and marigolds benefit from frequent deadheading, while others like impatiens are self-deadheading ...

What’s in a name? The name geranium brings several things to mind: The stalwart red blooms we see everywhere from memorial plants marking a loved-ones grave to mass borders in ahome landscape to a ...

Heirloom Pelargoniums, some with hundreds of years of horticultural history, are among 2,000 kinds of plants in an herb collection in rural New Jersey. Louise Hyde, co-founder in 1969 of Well-Sweep ...