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Native Plant Gardening

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When to dead head or leave for the birds (lemm.ee)
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How do y'all decide the balance between dead heading for more blooms or letting flowers go to seed for the benefit of local birds?

I have one of the few flower gardens on my block and the only native garden, so pretty much all of my flowers produce beneficial seeds and I want to support the birds, but it would also be nice to get more blooms.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What I do is try to time it just right, deadhead until the blooming period starts to wrap up and then let the rest go to seed. It’s hard to do!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I've been meaning to create a blooming calendar for my garden, your method might be the motivation I need