Plant pinching allows you to stimulate growth and encourage early bushiness, more rapidly, by removing the tip of the plant. Ever wonder why the plants you raised from when they were small don’t often ...

Question: A friend was telling me how she pinches back a lot of her perennials this time of year because it keeps them shorter and then she doesn’t have to stake them. She says it doesn’t hurt their ...

To pinch or not to pinch? That is the question. Pinching is a technique that can shape a plant; increase production of herbs, flowers and fruits; determine the size of blooms and fruit and even keep ...

Taller growing perennials are nice additions to larger landscape beds and borders — until they flop over. This detracts from the plants beauty, the gardens 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.

Hello Nico! Quick question for ya… How big should the plant be before you pinch off the top? I guess, how many sets of true leaves should be on the plant before you pinch? Also, when transplanting, ...

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 ...

DENVER — As days grow longer and the sun's rays intensify, it's time to pinch your plants. I'm talking about the ones you saved last fall or the cuttings you took and rooted. Pinching is simple: ...

Dennis Patton’s tip this week: I must admit I am enjoying my perennial garden this spring. The cooler temperatures have meant some flowers are lasting longer, and timely rains have kept the need to ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I was presenting at an outdoor gardening event recently when a woman walked ...

My mother impressed on me from an early age that you always pinch off the flowers on coleus. She grew them every year and I can clearly recall the lesson to take off the purple flower stalk if you ...