Re: New topic

I fully intend to pinch this spring, per the recommendations in The Well
Tended Perennial Garden book;  but I already do this with the pelargoniums
(what are usually called geraniums) which I've had for years;

I take them in after the weather turns cold, since they are never put in the
ground, but are in large pots;  then I cut them back and put the cuttings in
water and then when they get a root, into soil; I keep the mother plant from
putting out any new blooms at the tips of the shoots by nipping them off,
and that results in growth either from the bases or new shoots;

in this way, once the spring comes and the light increases, they really
start growing and blossoming, and the number of plants has been increasing
steadily over the years.

Isabelle Hayes

>Since we are suppose to talk about perinnials here's a new topic. I read in
>one of my catalogs a garden tip.
>Pinching to get more branching:
>Pinching is the removal of tips of growing 
>shoots to make your plant branch.Plants that
>respond well to this include: Asters, Physostegia,
>border Phlox, Penstemon, Chrysanthemums,
>Buddleia, Boltonia,Diascia, Eupatorium, Monarda,
>Nepeta, and Salvia.
>
>Does anyone practice pinching? Is there any flowers left off the list that
>would also be good canidates? What date would a person stop pinching, I
>suppose it's different for each plant. Any thoughts about this out there
>Kris P  zone 5
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