My wild flowers are falling over each other and some are out of bloom and look like weeds. Do I cut them out?
Question:Will they come back?
Answers:
You can cut them back for appearance. But if you cut off all the seed heads, they won't reseed.
Daisies, which are just going out of bloom in my garden, will rebloom. I trim them or sheer large patches, trying to cut just the top 6 inches and leave the areas where they will grow side shoots.
I leave some heads to go to seed on some plants, though. Even though daisies are perennials, some die every year and it's good to have replacements. With other wildflowers, if the plants are annuals, you NEED the seeds to give you next year's patch.
you can cut them back, yes. Some plants will regenerate blooms, some don't. you didn't say what kind of plant it was...
Tie up the good ones, cut out the bad ones, they will seed and grow back next year.
The vast majority of wildflowers are annuals not perennials. Hence, if they are finished blooming and have set their seed heads, you may cut them down as they will reseed themselves. That's why you will notice that the road crews don't cut the roadside in spring until all the wildflowers have set their seed. They can then cut and be certain that there will be flowers next spring.
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