Pinching back annuals promotes fuller plants and more blooms by encouraging branching. Start pinching when plants are young and around 6 inches tall to allow time for recovery. Avoid pinching ...

If you've ever wondered why your perennial plants appear leggy, droopy, tatty, or worse, bloom poorly, you may be making the mistake of not pinching them. Unless you live in the South, where the ...

For common tall garden varietals, pinch dahlias when the plant reaches 12 inches and has 4 pairs of leaves. “Stop” dahlias by cutting off the top of the main growing stem to encourage the growth of ...

All right! We are a week away from the traditional planting-out three-day weekend. Given the lateness of birch leaf opening, it may have sneaked up on many of you. The finally warm weather has helped ...

When new gardeners hear about “pinching” plants, they’re understandably puzzled. Just where do you pinch them? And why? The “where” is the growing tip. You can literally pinch off the tip between your ...

As annual and perennial flowers are planted, and as established perennials begin active growth, don’t overlook pinching some of them. A pinch here and there will reward you with sturdier plants and ...

Mums, which can be pinched back early in the season to make them bushier. Provided. Pinching or cutting back perennials is a task that will result in a nicer appearance in the garden. A plant that has ...

Webster’s Dictionary defines “pinching” in a number of ways, but for a gardener there is only one way to pinch a plant. Use your thumb and first finger and nip off the tip growth of a plant. This ...

Taller growing perennials are nice additions to larger landscape beds and borders until they flop over. This detracts from the plants’ beauty and the garden’s appearance. And flopping plants fall onto ...

Pinch fall-blooming plants such as chrysanthemums and hardy asters to control their size and increase production of flowers. Pinching encourages side branching, producing bushier, stockier plants.

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