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When needed, time pruning just after plants finish flowering, in late winter to early spring to ensure the next season's flower buds aren't removed.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
Spring-flowering shrubs such as forsythia, lilac and flowering quince have already formed next year’s flower buds.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
Give Christmas cactus lots of indirect light year-round, and don't allow the soil to dry out too much once flower buds form.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025
Doing so will remove the flower buds for next summer.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
Spring-flowering shrubs such as forsythia, lilac and flowering quince have already formed next year’s flower buds.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
Give Christmas cactus lots of indirect light year-round, and don't allow the soil to dry out too much once flower buds form.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025
Doing so will remove the flower buds for next summer.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Flower bud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flower%20bud. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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