What does dead heading peonies mean?

When removing wilted or dead blooms from most flowering plants (ie. dead-heading), pinch or cut bloom and its supportive stem back to the next full set of leaves on that stem. This works with geraniums, impatiens, kalanchoes, etc., even tomato plants! See back issues of Southern Living magazines under 'Garden Checklist', a section in each monthly issue. That section addresses similar questions year-round and it doesn't matter which year issue you look in, just look at the months that are applicable to your growing/blooming season. Makes for good reading in most doctor's offices or hair salon anyway, because those places usually have lots of back issues of magazines!!

What does dead heading peonies mean?
You remove the dead flowers so new flowers can grow in their place.
Reply:Cutting the old blooms off. It won't make alot of difference to peonies as they only bloom once a year. I just do it to tidy up but I cut my bushes right back at the end of the summer to give the new growth a chance.
Reply:It means to gently pinch off the dead flower right beneath the bloom. It helps promote more blooming. This is however not the case in all flowers.
Reply:Isn't that from the Godfather when the horses head is in that guy's bed?
Reply:removing the dead flowers so the plant can use it's energy to grow new ones
Reply:cutting the spent bloom off deadheading...it will not create more blooms..peonies are perennials and only bloom once a year.





also you can leave the bloom on and not remove it to see if it goes to seed...it the peony flower does produces seeds than either later this summer or next year you will have several more peonies come up but if the wind blows the seeds you will have to watch an area about 10 ft in diameter around the plant for new peonies coming up.





my mom has a few that she lets seeds every year and that is where i keep getting all my peonies at...she currently has 30-40+ peonies that came from seed because they are coming up where she did not have any peonies at and they are a few feet from the mother plant





hope this helps
Reply:pinching the dead flowers off, so ,new ones will bloom
Reply:Cheering up tired borders needs a two-pronged approach. First, deal with the shabby plants. Cut off the tops of anything perennial – peonies, acanthus, lupins – that’s really past it. Then do some serious dead-heading. Go through the roses and irises and hostas, taking off raddled remains and withering stems. Pull out or chop down most of the spent foxgloves and opium poppies, leaving just a few to self-sow.
Reply:plucking dead flowers off
Reply:taking the dead flower off of the plant to make new ones grow, the more dead ones you pick the more new ones grow