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By Shama Parveen
A Step-by-Step Guide for Your Garden
Flower plant pruning is an essential part of gardening that helps to maintain the health and beauty of your plants. Pruning can help to remove dead or diseased parts of the plant, promote new growth, and maintain the plant's shape and size. Here are some steps to follow when pruning your flower plants in the home garden:
Remember that pruning can be stressful to your plants, so avoid pruning too much at once.
You will need a pair of sharp pruning shears, gloves, and a small pruning saw if the plant's branches are thicker than ½ inch.
Look for dead, damaged, or diseased branches or stems on flowering plants.
Use your pruning shears or saw to make a clean cut just above a bud or node.
Remove any debris such as dead leaves, twigs or branches from around the base of the plant after pruning to prevent disease and pests.
Generally, the best time to prune flowering plants is after the plant has finished blooming or before the next season's growth begins.
When pruning, consider the size and shape of the flowering plant you want to achieve. Pinch back the tips of the branches if you want a fuller, bushier plant. If you want tall, narrow plants, remove the lower branches.