The essentials for living your best life.
The essentials for living your best life.
Deadhead bee balm after the first flowers fade to improve plant form, limit seed set, and encourage a possible second flush of flowers later in summer. This simple bee balm care step helps keep spent bee balm blooms from draining energy that can support new growth and more bloom.
Zones 5-6 deadheading works best as part of a monthly flower care calendar, not as a one-time chore. In temperate gardens, timing spent-flower removal to the season helps support repeat blooms, steady perennial maintenance, and cleaner annual flower care.