Pinch fall-blooming plants such as chrysanthemums and hardy asters to control their size and increase production of flowers. Pinching encourages side branching, producing bushier, stockier plants.

Plant pinching allows you to stimulate growth and encourage early bushiness, more rapidly, by removing the tip of the plant. Ever wonder why the plants you raised from when they were small don’t often ...

MAY IS A time to tend to your mums and flowering sedums and Asters by cutting them down. That’s right — timber, buzz job, cutaway. We all know how those spectacular fall-flowering plants get all ...

Choosing the right size pot for aster variety is a primary consideration. Aster seeds require cold stratification for germination. Plant nursery seedlings six to eight weeks before heavy frost in ...

Taller growing perennials are nice additions to larger landscape beds and borders — until they flop over. This detracts from the plants beauty, the gardens appearance and flopping plants fall onto ...

The weather in Central Virginia in October can be glorious. Cool mornings and gentle sunlight during the afternoons can make it a perfect time to be outside. However, the landscape in our back yards ...