I've been buying a few bedding plants, but now they have finished blooming, what do I do with them?

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  1. Pink678

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    I'm a beginner gardener, and I bought a few different bedding plants over the past few months from the supermarket and planted them in the flowerbed. After they finished blooming I dead-headed them, and I was wondering if it's best to leave them in the flowerbed as-is (and keep watering them?), or whether people tend to get rid of them after blooming?

    The ones I got were:
    chrysanthemum milkshake (annual bedding) (first 4 pictures - I've got 12 little plants like that)
    campanula sago (hardy evergreen perennial)
    dianthus raspberry sundae (hardy evergreen perennial)
    rhodanthemum marrakech and zagora orange (2 hardy perennials)

    thanks very much
     

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    You’ve done the right thing by deadheading them @Pink678. The perennials should flower again this year and your Chrysanthemums might too. Keep them watered if there’s been no rain. The foliage of your perennials will die down in autumn but return next spring.
     
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      To me they are not really what I consider bedding plants.
      Bedding plants in my opinion are half hardy annuals.

      Thing like marigold, petunia, gazania, osteospermum etc.
      They flower all summer and die at the end of the season as they are not winter hardy.
       
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        That's great news the perennials will flower again this year Plantminded, I'll look forward to that. They do need some watering - the heavy rain forecast for tonight should do it!

        I see, so I can leave the perennials in there over winter and hope to see them revive next year. Whereas maybe the Chrysanthemums I should get rid of after they have finished blooming (if they do) in Autumn.

        I am wondering if any/all of the plants I mentioned would take kindly to being moved to another flowerbed location ... I have some new saliva plants and was thinking about moving some of them to give the spot to the salivas. I might try moving one and see how it goes ...
         
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        Ah I see Pete, thank you for clarifying!
         
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          Moving shouldn't be a problem as the plants have not been in the ground long, but try not to do it in a hot week or at the hottest time of day. Choose a time when the new location is in shade. Also, water well afterwards and ensure they do not dry out in the following weeks.
           
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            That's really helpful ViewAhead, I'll do all that and hopefully then they'll be OK in their new locations.
             
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