Cutting back flowers

Doug Green

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Cutting back flowers

If the flowers are not important to me, can I cut back the stems before they bloom instead of waiting until after blooming to "deadhead"?

Doug says absolutely. Cutting back the flower stems is something that other folks do regularly if they don't like the flowers.

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