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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

How to Keep Annual Flowers Blooming Until Frost – 3 Expert Tricks For Months More Glorious Color

A flower bed full of pink and white cosmos flowers.

If you want to keep your annuals in borders, containers, and hanging baskets flowering all summer long and looking good right through until the first frosts, an expert flower grower recommends three tasks that are guaranteed to prolong their life as long as possible.

‘We grow a lot of annuals at our farmquarters up in Washington state,’ says Christina Stembel, the founder of Farmgirl Flowers. ‘I find the three things that do the most are to deadhead, water deeply and consistently, and not overfeed.’

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