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 ...

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.

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 ...

Asters have similar flowers to mums, but they're more cold hardy and drought resistant. Full sun locations and minimal water and fertilizer will keep asters in bloom into fall. If you don't want ...

Q: My asters have developed bleached-looking leaves lately. I’ve been checking the soil for moisture before watering, so I think I’m giving it enough water, and only when it needs it. Is this a ...

MAY IS A time to tend to your mums and flowering sedums and Asters by cutting them down. That’s right — timber, buzz job, cutaway. We all know how those spectacular fall-flowering plants get all ...

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 ...