How do I encourage continuous blooming?
Regular deadheading (1-2 times a week) encourages the plants to put their energy into creating continuous growth and more blooms. Deadheading is a simple task, that only requires you to pinch or cut off the flower stem below the spent bloom, and just above the newest set of healthy leaves. It’s easy to do by simply deadheading—removing old or spent (finished) flowers. For many of my plants, deadheading encourages more blooms, especially on annuals, such as salvias and zinnias, perennial coneflowers and repeat blooming roses. There are other reasons to deadhead flowers.