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Deadheading Grandiflora Roses: Snap, Don't Cut Deep

Multiple Blooms Per Stem: How to Remove Spent Flowers

Durham, NC: Grandiflora roses with several open blooms and buds on same stem. How to cut? Just snap off dead flower?

Modern Deadheading

  • Old "cut way down" rule DEBUNKED
  • Simply snap dead flower off with fingers (or clippers)
  • Bonus: remove center bud of cluster → better/larger side blooms
  • Center bud largest, blooms first, dies messy

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