Prune off spent flowers (deadhead) on your annuals and perennials to encourage them to continue flowering.
You may need to restart a struggling shrub from the base
Because auxin is produced at the highest point of a stem, an elegant way to thwart or redirect apical dominance without having to
prune off any part of a shoot is to bend it down.
Pruning A Cut Above the Rest: Nothing more than a well-timed pinch can help you coax plants into bushiness, lankiness, or anything in between
That we are committed to
prune off all that would cause harm to our relationship?
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Elsewhere in the garden, don't
prune off seed heads (an excellent food source), and leave a patch of your garden wild, or set aside a pile of logs, to encourage insects that birds can eat.
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After the first flush of flowers in early summer,
prune off the old flowers to strong buds immediately below the old bloom, to encourage a second flush of flowers later in the summer.
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Each year you can not only decorate the tree with outdoor lights, but also
prune off sprigs and branches to decorate inside, bringing indoors the fragrance of Christmas.
TAKE A BOUGH; Christmas is the time to fill your home and garden with plenty of greenery, scent and colourful berries. So plan ahead and grow your own decorations
Each year you can not only decorate the tree with outdoor lights, but also
prune off sprigs and branches to decorate inside your home, bringing indoors the fragrance of Christmas.
Spruce the place up for Christmas; have become nearly as much a symbol of Christmas as our trees. IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR TO FILL YOUR HOME AND GARDEN WITH PLENTY OF GREENERY, SCENT AND COLOURFUL BERRIES. SO PLAN AHEAD AND GROW YOUR DECORATIONS
Her research had shown that when babies try to move but do not get the desired effect, their brains
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Lift these and similar cold-tender tropical perennials,
prune off the dying and dead foliage, dry their roots in the sun, shake off the soil clinging to their roots and place them in a frost-free location in the attic or cellar.
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After fruiting
prune off all the leaves from your Pineberries; it might seem drastic but it'll help them fruit next season.
Berry nice indeed
We
prune off most of the misshapen fruit early - the knobbly ones are very difficult to pick."
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Try using them along the edges of a flowerbed or naturalised beneath a small tree or large shrub (carefully
prune off a couple of the lower most shrub branches to create extra space).
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You'll need to
prune off affected shoots, pick up and destroy windfalls.
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You'll need to
prune off affected shoots, pick up and destroy windfalls and don't store infected fruits.
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Each spring,
prune off any deadwood above a set of actively growing buds, and be sure to trim off the flowers in late fall to prevent breakage of the fine branches over winter.
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