Snapdragons and Verbena - what to do now

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  1. Pink678

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    I bought some trays of flowering snapdragons and verbena (the kind with tiny flowers in purple, white, pink etc). They were very cheap (£2 for 6 plants, so I got 6 of each) and I got them on impulse.
    I planted them in the flowerbed and they finished flowering very quickly.
    I was just wondering what to do with them now, if I want them to carry on flowering? Should I be deadheading, or maybe it's time to get rid of the verbena at least as it's not looking too good ...
    On the snapdragons webpages I looked up, it said they carry on flowering into autumn but mine look like they are forming seeds?
    I don't mind getting rid of all of them if it's time for that, and make room for something else.
    Any suggestions much appreciated.
     

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    If you deadhead them they will give more flowers. I usually leave the last set of flowers on snapdragons to set seed but that won’t be until the end of august at the earliest
     
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      Thank you Debs64 - i love your tortoise!
       
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      Those are so small I think I'd have chopped the flower stems off when planting to give them a chance to get a bit bigger. Now though, deadhead them, water if needed to keep the soil moist (the roots won't be very deep) and they should flower again.
      I've marked up a couple of your pics with where I would chop them. Other people may use more finesse!
      snapdragon deadhead.JPG verbena deadhead.JPG
       
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        Ah that's so helpful JennyJB, thanks ever so much! I'm going to go out and do it now.
         
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          I like the all-pink look, I haven't seen that kind of snapdragon before.
           
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