Just trust us on this one. Pinching back young or leggy plants early encourages branching, leading to a fuller shape and significantly more flowers. Deadheading removes only spent blooms, whereas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of my taller flowers last summer grew too tall and flopped over. Can I pinch these back next year to control height without ...

Annual flowers add almost instant color and greenery to our gardens. However, many annuals can become spindly and produce fewer blooms than expected unless they are pinched back. It may seem ...

For common tall garden varietals, pinch dahlias when the plant reaches around 12 inches and has four pairs of leaves. “Stopping” dahlias involves cutting off the top of the main growing stem to ...

The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Missouri, partners with the Master Gardeners of Green County each week to bring readers a question-and-answer column with some of the expert horticulturists ...