If a plant e.g. penstemon has no non-flowering stems (or shoots or whatever they're called) and you pinched out the flower buds on a stem, might it produce non flowering shoots on that stem?
It's something I've often wondered. I think you are better with a non flowering stem if possible, perhaps you could chop one of the stems back hard to produce some?
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What I meant was.... You know when you pinch out a cosmos in the middle of the plant, the whole thing bushes out? If you pinched out the stem on a penstemon or similar, would that single stem bush out thereby producing non flowering shoots?
True. I'm going to try it on a really big robust,looking one and see what happens. I don't want to try it on the delicate - looking ones as part of an experiment😊
Different type of plant to cosmos, leave the flower shoots on but cut them off as soon as they go over, the new ones just come on their own. If you want to take cuttings just pick the buds of the side shoots and root in water. Not too many in a glass or they will rot.
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I'm going to try it on a really big robust,looking one and see what happens. I don't want to try it on the delicate - looking ones as part of an experiment😊
If you want to take cuttings just pick the buds of the side shoots and root in water.
Not too many in a glass or they will rot.