Summer Flowers – Gone but not Forgotten  After the flowering
party is over…  Stunning Echinacea Meadowbrite Orange blooms at
thier peak  Stunning Echinacea Meadowbrite Orange blooms at
their peak  Their blooms have come and gone and left behind are
the fallen petals and the swellings and bulges not unlike those
at a mom-to-be convention.  After the flowering party is over
for many annuals and perennials, a gardener’s task turns to
deadheading the finished blooms.  The newly forming seed heads
need to be removed by pinching, shearing or just plain pruning
them out.   For some plants, deadheading is done to improve
visual appearance. By removing the finished blooms the plant
looks a lot better. Butterfly bush, ageratum, artemisia,
Pelargonium (annual geranium), gazania, Solanostemon (coleus),
and Rudbeckia (black-eyed Susan) fall into this category. 
Besides these, many plants that have white flowers will turn an
unsightly brown colour when they are finished blooming.  White
blooming ageratum is one plant that