When you deadhead flowers do you take just the flower or the entire stalk as well?

On roses clip back to next leaf, on daylilies take the entire stalk, otherwise just pop the declining bloom off.
The best way to deadhead is to remove only the faded flowers. Once all the flowers on a stem have been removed, then cut the stem back to a bud or leaf or to its base. Another way is to disbud, which is to take off the smaller buds to promote the larger ones.