A Brief Talk on Pruning Geraniums and Marguerites: Want More Flowers? You Need More Branching

With nothing to do this morning, I gave the geraniums and marguerites a serious pruning, and I'd like to share and learn with everyone here.

The branches are all quite sturdy, but there are too few forks and not enough branches. If you want lots of flowers, you need lots of forked branches

Cut away the old leaves; the old leaves have already finished their job, and keeping them only consumes nutrients. Then, for a perfect plant shape, you have to prune with attention to the height of the branches. This is after pruning...

So-called pinching means nipping off one leaf and one growing tip like this; you can just pinch it off with your fingernail

Look at the leaves that were cut off, hehe. Why cut the leaves? Let me explain here: cut away the leaf but keep the petiole, and once side branches grow out at the petiole, twist off the petiole, otherwise...

Having talked about pruning, let's look at the flowers. These bloomed after a heavy pruning in autumn. Quite a explosion of blooms, right? If you aren't ruthless, you won't get to see these flowers.

The plant shape is quite round and full, right?

I like this feeling

Let's continue talking about pruning. This time, about marguerites.

This shape is round enough, right? But it's still a little short of my requirements. Keep cutting.

First cut off branches that can be used for cuttings. The cuttings can be given to gardening friends, or kept as backups, haha

Then, with big shears, cut it into a spherical shape. Don't be afraid it looks ugly; it will fill out again very quickly

Look, this is the effect picture in spring. What we want is a ball of flowers, right?

After cutting it round like this, fertilize, water, and then just wait for the good results. In spring it will be so beautiful you can't stand it. Don't you say it, I'm not in a hurry, I'll wait for spring and prune the same way...