Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chrysanthemums, commonly called mums, benefit from proper timing when pinching and cutting back to maximize blooms. For fall ...

Chrysanthemums run the gamut, from bushy mounds covered with blossoms to stately, upright plants capped by one or just a few humongous blooms. Their colors and forms of flowers are equally variable.

Pruning mums helps them grow fuller with longer-lasting blooms. Pinch tips at 4–6 inches tall, again at 12 inches tall, and stop about 100 days before bloom. Deadhead spent flowers once blooming ...

Question: A friend was telling me how she pinches back a lot of her perennials this time of year because it keeps them shorter and then she doesn’t have to stake them. She says it doesn’t hurt their ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2006-Purple mums at the new Holocaust Museum Kopolow Memorial Garden at 12 Millstone Campus Drive in Creve ...

Q: I saw this insect flying butterfly-like near my garden, but when it landed I realized it definitely didn’t look like the butterflies I recognize. What is it? A: I love these guys. This is a ...