What happens if you cut off the dead flowering part after flowers are done blooming? My bulb grew, stemmed up and flowered. They died. I pulled out dead flowers and then cut stem off because I saw the seed in there. They weren't brown and I didn't wait the 4 to 6 weeks.
I'm a little unclear of the type of flower your talking about, but generally deadheading perennials or flowering bulbs is perfectly acceptable.
Generally the greens are left on the plants until they die off to help feed the plant to store up energy for winter.
Most likely the plants you trimmed back will be just fine.
My bedding plants are beginning to look overgrown and tired. I deadhead them continually, but the stems are growing too high and taking over the bedding area. The plants are similar to a pansy but larger. The flowers are red/white stripes, purple/white stripes and plain blue.
If they are getting too high and looking poor, I would suggest cutting them back by about a third to rejuvenate the plants. I am not sure about the type of flowers you are growing, without a picture, but cutting the stems back should help some.
I put perennials in my flower box and they did not do well. We had a sufficient amount of rain and the flowers died. I am thinking that it had to do with improper drainage. Please suggest what I could do in the future to prevent this. Thanks.
Plants in flower boxes need to be watered daily. If they only received rain as water, this is likely why they did not do well. In the ground, plants can send roots deeper and wider to find water and the water does not evaporate as quickly from the ground as it does from containers.
If you still feel that it was a drainage issue, you can line the bottom of the flower box with stone. This will help provide additional drainage.
How do you best promote blossoming once blooms turn brown? I have tried trimming the follicles of the blooms, but I somehow suspect the plant might replace the clusters of follicles more rapidly after pruning away a complete cluster.
I'm not sure of the type of plant that you are referring to, but generally dead heading is good for most plants.
Depending on the type of plant you may or may not encourage more blooming with spent flower trimming.
When is the best time to dig up a perennial and move to a different location?
Here is a link that will help you.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/info/relocate-plants-safely.htm
I may have asked this -- but is it almost garden clean-up time? 1- I have had callas for several years in pots in Brooklyn, NY but did not realize I could keep them, so dumped the pots into the garden, and guess what, this year I had 8 calla plants in the garden, one of which bloomed a much bigger flower than the ones that usually bloom and it was a COLD winter! How could this happen and now should I pull them up and over-winter them as recommended? 2-I always have great tuberous begonias in pots also. I keep them and replant and got new ones, but there were hardly any blooms. Could there be a reason? Thank you.
As for the callas it is benefiCial to dig up the bulbs ?and storethem during the winter
Can I still put ferns and a peony in the ground this late in the season? Due to family drama I was just able to scramble and dig up heirloom ferns and a peony. Should I leave them in my basement is over winter or can I still put them in the ground mid October?
You can still get them in the ground. Though the temperatures are dropping and we have had frost, the ground is not frozen.
Continue to water them until the ground freezes, this will ensure the roots have a start.
Adding mulch will help with moisture retention and protection.