Why would I want to delay my plants from blooming?

Why would I want to delay my plants from blooming?

Tracy DiSabato-Aust (Garden Designer and Author) gives expert video advice on: What is 'pruning'?; What variables are involved in pruning?; How much pruning does a plant need? and more...

This is really a fun technique. I tell people this is when we go beyond the "mow, blow, and go", where it's just the simple deadheading, or just simply cutting back after flowering. We want to delay flowering, especially if we're into flower arranging. We can have flowers much later into the season. We can also delay flowering for a special event. Maybe you're having a wedding in the garden, or you're opening your garden for tours and you want the plants to flower later, we would delay them. One other reason too is there might be something not quite right in the design combination. And you don't like the colors that are being used at the same time. If you delay flowering on one plant, you won't have that jarring combination at the same time.