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IT’S officially garden season. From al fresco dinners to weekends in the paddling pool, nothing beats sitting outside when the weather is shining. 1 It's officially garden season - but the tasks don't stop there Credit: Getty And as we’re a nation of budding gardeners, it’s likely most of us have our outdoor space looking beautiful already.

Just because it’s sunny doesn’t mean the outdoor tasks stop, though. There’s one thing experts at the Royal Horticultural Society recommend you do in July so that you have the best garden on your street come August. And that is deadheading.



Deadheading is the term used for the removal of fading or dead flowers from plants. It is done to keep plants looking attractive and encourage more blooms, whether in beds and borders, containers or hanging baskets, the experts said. “Most flowers lose their attraction as they fade, spoiling the overall appearance of beds, borders and containers,” they explained.

“Removing these, by deadheading, helps keep displays looking better for longer. Most read in Fabulous RIP ROSEMARY Celtic legend Tommy Burns' wife dies after falling ill on flight CANT ARGUE Cantwell set for megabucks Ibrox exit a day after being offered to wrong person FIND JAY Brit man who Jay Slater was with at AirBnb before vanishing says he 'left alive' GUID CHOICE Ex-Celtic star hailed as 'the best pundit ever' as he's given surprise Euro job “Deadheading also directs energy into stronger growth and more flowers, inste.

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