{"id":138426,"date":"2023-07-21T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/deadheading-will-keep-flowers-in-flush-for-longer-and-its-so-satisfying\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T17:18:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T10:18:46","slug":"deadheading-will-keep-flowers-in-flush-for-longer-and-its-so-satisfying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/deadheading-will-keep-flowers-in-flush-for-longer-and-its-so-satisfying\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadheading will keep flowers in flush for longer \u2013 and it\u2019s so satisfying"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIf you want another show of blooms, you need to stop the plant in its tracksAs a child I was so unbothered by the outdoors that my mum would threaten to move us all to a flat without a garden if we didn\u2019t start using our own. But I would happily deadhead daffodils of my own accord. I enjoyed the same things about it that I appreciate about gardening as an adult: the quiet repetition, the soft ease and satisfaction of it, the feel of pinching off a crispy little flower and swelling plant ovary into my palm. I still love snapping the stem of a spent daffodil.That was spring, this is summer, but the principle remains the same. Plants exist to procreate in the form of reproducing seed. Many of us grow them because of the flowers they produce to attract pollinating insects to do just that. The flower is the main show for us, but simply a means to an end for the plant. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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