Deadheading leads to beautiful blooms Keep your flowers fresh and beautiful all season long by deadheading,or trim-ming,spent blooms. A great way to promote a continuous blooming garden is to deadhead regularly. Deadheading is the practice of trimming off spent flowers and it helps your garden in two ways: It helps get rid of old, dying blooms, making your garden tidier, and it encourages plants to bloom again, so you can get more color out of each plant. When blooms start to fade, brown, curl or otherwise look unattractive, that's the time to trim them off, allowing the other flowers to shine. Deadheading also keeps plants from setting seed, which also promotes flowering all season long and helps to reduce disease problems. You can deadhead throughout the season as blooms die as well as after the blooming season for each plant. Use sharp shears to make strong, clean cuts without ragged edges. A particularly good tool for this work is the Comfort Grip Floral Snip from Fiskars Garden Tools. The micro-tip stainless steel blades are perfect for fine, precise cutting. The 5-inch Comfort Grip handle features a non-slip grip that's easy to control and reduces hand fatigue. They're versatile, too, allowing for both left- and right-hand use. For more information about the Comfort Grip Floral Snip or to find a retailer near you, contact Fiskars Garden Tools at (800) 500-4849 or visit www.fiskars.com.