Removing the dead flowers from your plants will encourage more flowers to come...

As the main aim of a plant is to produce a seed head, removing old blooms you will not only be enhancing the look of your plant you will be forcing it into producing more flowers.


Try using a pair of scissors to remove the dead flowers this can speed the job up.

Take care to give them the right amount of water...

When watering your baskets and pots take care to give them the right amount of water.
It can be just as damaging to over water your plants as leaving them to dry out.

Next time you water the garden try to become aware if any of your plants are becoming too wet and not growing very well.

Many times when people have a plant that looks sick they think it just needs a good water when all it really needs is to dry out, as a healthy plant will use the water you daily give it.