The rounded, bushy, and full mums we purchase every fall didn’t grow that way without some help. Proper watering, timed lighting, fertilizing, and pinching all play a role. Mums need full ...

Left to their own devices, mums will grow tall and leggy, so pinching is essential to creating the mounding shape we associate with these fall flowers. Pinching should be done in the spring or ...

The important thing to remember is to pinch back before any flower buds started to appear, otherwise you will be removing future flowers. Certain flowers such as asters, mums, bee balm ...