Deadheading is one of the most important summer gardening tasks, but not every plant needs it. There is a selection of annual flowers that don’t need deadheading, making them perfect for a low-effort garden.
Annual flowers are those that live for only one growing season. While there are a lot of plants you should deadhead for a second bloom, some annuals are self-cleaning, which means they readily drop their flowers themselves, so you don’t have to. Many annuals produce seedheads which are beneficial to wildlife (and the eye), so if you want to lend nature a helping hand, there are plenty of plants you shouldn’t deadhead.
