Gardening advice

We are now at the stage in the summer where bedding and patio plants need constant maintenance to make sure they perform at their best right into the autumn. Dead heading should be done regularly.

I was asked by someone recently what was the correct way to dead head a Marguerite. Was it enough to pinch off the dead flower or should the stem be removed?

The correct answer is that the stem should be neatly removed with a scissors, but who among us really has the time for that?