Some of my taller flowers last summer grew too tall and flopped over. Can I pinch these back next year to control height without losing flowers? Most types of annual and perennial flowers can be ...

I don’t like to be pinched, nor do I like being in a pinch. On the other hand, I have no qualms about giving a pinch. Lest you think this is aggressive behavior, the pinching I do actually has some ...

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 ...

Annual flowers are at their peak and we wish we could keep them blooming heavily all season long. We can help them along if we deadhead them faithfully. Some don't need it or it won't help if we do.

Just when flowering annuals such as zinnias, cleomes, and cosmos are beginning to look their best this season, it is time to get ruthless. Amy... Jun 29, 2015 — Just when flowering annuals such as ...

Fuchsias in bloom are a wondrous sight, a fact well-known to the clever nursery people who create hanging baskets bursting with these beauties to tempt shoppers. And since we can never seem to get ...

QUESTION: My tomato plants have made flower clusters although they are only 8 inches tall. Should I remove the flowers? -- Larry Valdin ANSWER: If you don't think the tomatoes are far enough along to ...

I must admit I am enjoying my perennial garden this spring. The cooler temperatures meant some flowers lasted longer, and timely rains provided much needed water. Now if I could just find someone 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 ...