I have some beautiful pink dianthus in pots on my patio. First time I have planted them. My questiion is how to dead head them. Do I just take off the dead petals or do I snip the entire green, cone-like "thing" that the flower is growing out of? Thank you.

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Donna

That's one of my favorite flowers. I just continually cut or pull off the dead flowers and they keep blooming. I have them in pots too and they come back each year. Mine have a fall blooming season too. They reseed but I have to replenish the plants or put out seeds myself every other year to keep the garden full.

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