Jasmine and kalanchoe: be ruthless and prune now, or they won't bloom in a few days

Prune roses now and you'll still get another flush of autumn blooms!

Once autumn arrives, roses that turned ugly over summer are just about to bloom again. If you don't seize the moment and prune now, they may not bloom this autumn!

1. Pruning the branches

After a summer of rampant growth, roses have practically turned into a wild mess. Some have grown leggy, some have suffered pests and diseases, so these branches absolutely must be cut off quickly. Pruning is generally done 5mm above a plump bud node in the middle of the branch, keeping the strong bud nodes.

2. Pruning after flowering

If the summer flowers on your roses have already faded, then cut off the spent blooms right away to avoid unnecessary nutrient consumption, so the roses have more nutrients for autumn blooms. Post-bloom pruning is generally done 0.5cm above the 3rd leaf on the flowering branch, cutting at a 45 degree angle with scissors, which is what pushes the roses to bloom again!

Prune jasmine in autumn and it can bloom several times a year!

Jasmine is fragrant and white, and plenty of flower lovers keep a pot in the living room. But if your jasmine only bloomed once and then looks half dead, while other people's blooms several times a year, then you definitely forgot to prune it!

1. Pruning after flowering

When you see the jasmine at home is about to finish blooming, use scissors to cut off the spent flowers in time, so the faded blooms don't stay on the branches hogging nutrients. Cut off any faded flower as soon as you see it, generally cutting at the position 2 pairs of leaves below the flower.

2. Pruning leggy and weak branches

If your jasmine doesn't bloom for a long time but the branches are seriously leggy, or the whole plant shape has grown into a mess, then you must prune to reduce nutrient consumption. Generally cut off all the leggy branches to keep the whole plant shape even and attractive.

Prune kalanchoe this way in autumn and it will bloom all winter long!

After safely getting through summer, kalanchoe is about to start preparing flower buds in the blink of an eye. So pruning at this time becomes a very important part, everyone hurry up and learn it!

1. Pinching and topping

If you want kalanchoe to grow more flower buds, routine topping and pinching is essential. Generally starting from the kalanchoe seedlings, you need to keep topping, removing the tender growing tip and 1 pair of leaves, which lets kalanchoe grow more side shoots, making the whole plant shape fuller and fuller. With more branches, it naturally blooms more!

2. Pruning after flowering

If your kalanchoe is still growing madly and blooming in summer, then after it finishes blooming you should also prune the spent flowers in time, to avoid unnecessary nutrient consumption and let the nutrients go more toward the next bloom. Generally prune starting from the position 2 pairs of leaves below the flower, that is, just prune from position 2.

After pruning, you can add more nitrogen-containing fertilizer, such as bean cake fertilizer, rice water or compound fertilizer, and the pruned kalanchoe will sprout more new shoots and bloom more and more!

Prune osmanthus this way now and its blooms will smell absolutely amazing!

When it comes to flowers that bloom in autumn, smell great and look beautiful, osmanthus definitely tops the list! If you want osmanthus to burst into bloom in autumn, then you have to prune quickly now, otherwise it absolutely won't bloom when the time comes!

1. Pinch off the terminal buds

If your osmanthus is always a bare stick, it will definitely be very hard to get it to bloom. You must pinch off the terminal buds to make it grow more side branches, which is what ensures osmanthus blooms more! Generally you just pinch off the top 2-4 leaves of the branch!

2. Pruning crossing and weak branches

When pruning osmanthus normally, for the weaker-growing branches or crossing branches, cut them all off, because branches that are too dense keep the whole plant from getting light, and the whole plant shape not only grows messy but the branches also stay rather thin and weak, so you absolutely must snip those branches right off!

Prune bougainvillea this way now and it will burst into bloom in no time!

Keep bougainvillea at home for a long time and it turns into a sprawling monster. If you don't prune at this point, all the nutrients go to branch growth, and blooming is definitely impossible! So as soon as you see leggy branches on the bougainvillea, or some thin weak branches and crossing branches, cut them off immediately!