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Tending Your Garden
Pruning
(Continued)
Flowers
– To keep flowering plants
(such as petunias) full of blossoms,
remove the old flowers (process
known as “dead-heading”).
•
As the number of blooms and
buds dwindle, a seemingly severe
pruning can result in an additional
“season” of flowers.
•
Cut the entire plant to a height
of about 3 to 5 inches. Make
your cuts so that the plant
shape is appealing.
(Remember to lower the
Lamp
Hood
after pruning, if necessary.)
Though this garden may look
severely pruned, in a few weeks,
you should start to see a whole
new crop of flowers.
