How to Prune Nepeta

Snip off spent blossoms to encourage new ones to appear

Nepeta is one of our pet perennials because it just flower , and blooms , and blooms . But in parliamentary law to get that bloom to stretch out through the entire time of year , you ’re going to have to clip it back . You want to do that as soon as the flowers go by .

When your nepeta starts give-up the ghost out of blooming , you ’ll detect the end get brownish . If you cut back into the base of the plant , you ’ll further the plant to flower again . Unsure of how far back to trim ? Take it all the way back to the next branch pairing .

you’re able to go the extra nautical mile and cut back every unmarried deadened heyday , or just go through on a hebdomadary base and nip back those that are easy to get to . That will still be enough to keep the plant producing new bloom .

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