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deadheading

A return flight made by a commercial aircraft without any fare-paying passengers or cargo on board. Also called a deadhead flight.

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Thin, weedy shoots should be removed and, unless you want to collect seed or enjoy the decorative seedheads some produce, deadheading should be an ongoing activity.

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Deadheading can and should be used for annuals, perennials and flowering shrubs.

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After deadheading, regular maintenance will assist future health (and flowering bud production) of your lilacs.

Give your lilacs' blooms a reprise

4 Check over spring bedding, deadheading bulbs that have finished flowering, deadheading pansies and spraying if necessary for greenfly.

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They need a certain amount of seasonal maintenance - pruning, shearing, pinching, and deadheading - to encourage flowering and attractive form.

Keep perennials in shape all year

Participants pay only for actual flight time, never for deadheading or positioning time.

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Hardy geraniums will benefit from daily deadheading at the moment, as well as all your bedding plants like petunia and argyranthemums.

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From mid-August on, deadheading and staking are important components of a well-maintained flower garden.

Deadhead and stake to spruce up garden

Deadheading not only improves the appearance of your plants, but will encourage repeat flowering and possibly a second flush.

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If you want an easy container plant,choose the trailers for a hanging basket or the bush varieties for pots,and you won't be a slave to the watering can as they survive on little moisture, although they will need feeding and deadheading.

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For Christmas I received a small, 6-inch pair of Fiskar's flower scissors that are perfect for deadheading plants and nicking off the ragged ends of sunburned leaves.

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TIME-SAVING TIP Use a garden vacuum to clear up after trimming and deadheading, especially on plants which can be deadheaded in one go using shears, such as lavender.