LifestyleGardeningFlowersThere's one very common mistake gardeners could be making that's resulting in flowers not growing more blooms this summer10:18, 03 Jul 2026The summer season often brings the most beautiful and bountiful garden displays, with many plants and flowers already blooming. To ensure the flowers last, gardeners want to make sure they stay on top of proper plant care and maintenance, otherwise they could be robbing themselves of more blooms throughout the season.‌Gardening expert and TikTok creator Michael Griffiths recently revealed that a number of gardeners are making a simple mistake that prevents the flowers from growing more blooms. It’s all to do with the way you tidy up your garden plants.‌In a recent video, Michael said: “People make this mistake all the time.”‌When it comes to ensuring that your flowers keep re-growing back time and time again, you may consider giving them a prune, but in some situations you won’t need to give them a full prune. Instead, deadheading will suffice on most occasions, especially when only some of your flowers are spent.Deadheading is the quick, ongoing removal of spent flowers to encourage new blooms and keep plants tidy. However, Michael explained that a number of gardeners aren’t actually doing the deadheading process properly, meaning that they are seeing their blooms return as expected.‌The gardening expert explained that simply pulling or pinching off the spent flowerheads and petals is not enough to be considered deadheading. This action won’t result in more blooms growing.He said: “Pulling off dead flowers is not the same as deadheading, and won’t encourage more flowers. When you just pull off the petals, you leave behind ovules that produce the seeds.Content cannot be displayed without consent‌“So remember, you need to pinch off or prune the full head to encourage more flowers.”The most effective way to remove it is to snip off the whole head just above a leaf or new bud using secateurs. The flowers that need to be removed will be looking wilted, or even beginning to lose their colour.Simply cut away the rose head at the base of the rose where it meets the stem. This can be done to those individual blooms that are spent, leaving behind any other flowers to continue to thrive.Article continues belowIf you have a cluster of flowers, you want to find where it finishes. Next, follow the stem down to see where the next set of five leaves are - and it must be five.Follow by cutting the stem just above this cluster of leaves. This will help divert energy away from those flowers and buds which are spent.The sooner you deadhead your flowers, the sooner new blooms will appear, as the energy the spent flower is using will be diverted to the buds and in turn make new flowers. The Royal Horticultural Society explained that it’s best to deadhead plants regularly, no matter what the season.Choose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌Royal Horticultural SocietyGardeningGardenTikTokFlowers