Name: Michele Roth N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b) I'm always on my way out the door..
Dead-heading is simply removing the spent blooms once they fade. It's up to the individual rose grower whether old blooms are snipped off - to promote further blooms- or left on to form seeds. Some roses make decorative hips and some do not. Here's an ATP article that has information about some roses that do make pretty (and tasty!) hips. http://garden.org/ideas/view/c...