How do I delay blooming in my garden?

How do I delay blooming in my garden?

Tracy DiSabato-Aust (Garden Designer and Author) gives expert video advice on: How do I delay blooming in my garden?

We delay flowering on perennials by cutting back before flowering, and usually we're cutting back when the plants are anywhere from 16 – 24 inches in height. We can cut back by half. We can cut certain plants back like Flax, Heliopsis, Purple Coneflower, and the Echinacea; when they're in bud even. And we cut back then, at that time, we cut a little bit less off of the plant, and we usually cut back by about six inches when the plant is in bud.