If you've ever wondered why your perennial plants appear leggy, droopy, tatty, or worse, bloom poorly, you may be making the mistake of not pinching them. Unless you live in the South, where the ...

Ever wonder why one garden is extremely lush, while the one next door in the same ecosystem is struggling along? And particularly when both get the same hours of sun and are appropriately watered and ...

All right! We are a week away from the traditional planting-out three-day weekend. Given the lateness of birch leaf opening, it may have sneaked up on many of you. The finally warm weather has helped ...

To everyone growing bell peppers in your home garden, are you thinking, "Is it about time to wrap things up?" now that ...

If your tomato plants survived the recent heatwaves, this simple 'pinching' trick could help them grow bigger, juicier produce all summer long — and it's so easy to try. While watering and feeding are ...

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: ...

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.

Taller growing perennials are nice additions to larger landscape beds and borders until they flop over. This detracts from the plants’ beauty and the garden’s appearance. And flopping plants fall onto ...

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about pinching the centers out of annual starts to promote side branching of the plants. But annuals aren’t the only plants that benefit from pinching. Gardeners who grow ...