Is it nessary to remove the dead rhododendron flowers after blooming?

it isn't necessary for rhododendrons but it looks tacky if you leave the deap flowers on there all summer after they are finished blooming in the spring.





think of christmas lights you see up in july......

Is it nessary to remove the dead rhododendron flowers after blooming?
This answer is for ALL flowering plants:


Generally, flowering plants should always be "deadheaded". That means you should remove all dying %26amp; dead flowers, so that the plant will continue to produce more blooms. Flowers (alive or not), when they're still attached to the plant, send hormones to the rest of the plant that reduces the number of other flowers it will produce.


When it's getting close to autumn, you might want to leave some flowers on the plants so you can let the seeds mature, and then collect those seeds to plant next year.