02-07-2020 15:56 via ocregister.com

Make magic happen for your garden hollyhocks with this little trick

1. Happy Fourth of July! Dead-head your roses whenever the aging flowers shatter. Dead-heading is the term for cutting off old blooms. Removing old flowers promotes higher-quality reblooming every six to eight weeks. Cut back to the first five-leaflet leaf low on the stem, or, to make it simpler, cut off all but about three inches of the spent flowering stem. Apply some rose food and water it in well. Then your roses will have the freedom to flower more beautifully.
2. Here’s the best way
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