6. Deadheading
There are some plants who might drop their spent seed heads and flowers. That said, others are more sentimental and prefer to hang onto them for months on end, sometimes even all the way through winter.
Getting rid of any spent flowers will make your plants look fresher and can even increase the odds of reblooming. It will also ensure that your plants don’t spend all their energy producing seeds.
You wouldn’t want to waste all that energy that you worked hard to build up now would you? Water, sunlight, and fertilizer was used just to gather that energy up, so the last thing you want your plants to do is squander all of it on producing seeds.
After the bloom, some of the plants are supposed to be shorn as opposed to deadhead. This holds true for lavender, pinks, daisies, hardy geraniums, nepeta, and creeping phlox. You might want to consider consulting with a professional before making the call.