How to Deadhead the Pachysandra Waterfall Bellflower

A garden of beautiful flowers can make the difference between a house and a home. The waterfall bellflower is a popular garden flower. Its blue-colored, bell-shaped flowers against green leaf petals give the appearance of water falling down a mountainside. Deadheading is a maintenance procedure that increases the amount of flowers the plant blooms. By removing dead or dying flowers, the plant works to replace the missing flowers with new buds. This helps keep your waterfall bellflower looking healthy and full of blooms. The process of deadheading a waterfall bellflower is very simple.

Things You'll Need

• Pruning shears

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Instructions

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     Monitor your flower while it is in full bloom. The waterfall bellflower blooms from May through August.

   • 2

     Remove individual flowers as they begin to brown. Trim the flower just behind the seed head using a pair of pruning shears.

   • 3

     Cut the stalk of the bellflower at the end of the blooming period using pruning shears. Prune the stalk down to about six inches from the ground. This should ensure that your waterfall bellflower blooms again the following year.