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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Another Gardening Q - trimming dead flowers
Apparently, it's gardening day here on the DC nest. . .
When we got here, the rhododendron and tulips in our yard were blooming, then sadly we had a cold day with snow and hail.
Pretty much all the petals fell off the tulips and now they're just stems. I assume I should trim those down, how far should I do it?
Most of the flowers on the rhododendron fell off, and those that didn't turned brown. Should I just pull off those petals?
Re: Another Gardening Q - trimming dead flowers
You can pull off the rhodie petals if you feel so inclined but it's not going to encourage more blooming. Typically, they have one big push & that's it for the year.
As far as the tulips go, you can trim the stem but NOT THE LEAVES. The leaves need to remain intack so they can store energy for next year. They will eventually yellow & brown & you can remove them then.
Thanks! I wasn't sure if the rhododendron would bloom again or not. I figured not, but I will probably pull of the the petals b/c they look ugly. I am so sad it was destroyed by the weather because it's one of my favorite plants and I was really happy when I saw it in the yard!
Thank you so much for telling me about the tulip leaves! I definitely did not know that. The stems look silly sticking up with no bloom so I will trim them off and leave the petals until they brown.