The leaves are falling, there’s a chill in the air, and the countdown for Winter has begun — it must be October. Though it ...

To do this, cut or pinch back plants by half. Sedum, rudbeckia, echinacea, helenium and golden rod will all respond well to this technique. Lightly shearing over aubrieta, lavender and alyssum ...

This is the worst possible time to cut back anything. Do not cut back shrubs, roses, ornamental grasses or iris right now.

Coral bells, the common name for heucheras, are attractive hardy perennials. With a vast array of colors, sizes, and leaf ...

When pruning, never remove more than one-third of the plant’s mass. Removing more than one-third of the foliage or stems greatly limits the plant’s ability to sustain itself. If massive pruning is ...

No matter what color your thumb, you likely already know that all plants need water to reach their full potential—after all, that basic knowledge goes back to ... the plant. Cut a section ...

At the end of the season, she cut the flowers and counted how many seeds were present as a sign of being able to reproduce, Reineke said. Many of the plants were ... to get the seeds back to continue ...

The best way to rejuvenate these plants is to cut them back during the dormant season. First cut out dead, diseased and crossing stems, and then thin the number of remaining stems by half.

A large share of that decrease came from a decision to cut random sampling by 50% for ... frontline inspectors had concerns about the plant dating back to at least 2022, when they conducted ...

I’ve taken it myself, back when I used to seemingly have a new cold every fortnight, in a bid to strengthen my system. Echinacea refers to a group of pink flowering plants that comes from the ...

That is the perennial question—pardon the pun—when it comes to cutting back plants in fall. With perennials, there is no one perfect time to cut back plants as a group. Some perennial plants ...