Some plants have very crisp, thin stems and can be deadheaded using you fingers. This type of deadheading is referred to as pinching. Coleus plants are grown for their foliage, not their flowers. Pinching the flowers off of coleus plants encourages the plants to become bushier and fuller. Other flowers that can be pinched include daylilies and salvias.
Garden Maintenance - Pinching, Deadheading and Cutting Back
By Marie Iannotti, About.com
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- Garden Maintenance: Deadheading - Flowering Stem
- Garden Maintenance: Pinching
- Garden Maintenance: Pinching versus Shearing
- Garden Maintenance: Shearing
- Garden Maintenance: Foliage Dieback
- Garden Maintenance: Basal Growth
- Garden Maintenance: Pruning to Rejuvenate
- Garden Maintenance: Cutting Back to Shape Plants
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