🍃Plants you should NEVER cut back in the fall🍁

Published: Fri, 09/19/25

Updated: Tue, 09/23/25

It's finally Friday!

In our last email, we talked about what plants you should cut back this fall, so it's probably a good idea to discuss, which ones you shouldn't.

Sometimes, cutting plants at the wrong time can have undesired consequences.

While you might think you're tidying up a plant at the end of a long season, you could be accidentally ensuring you don't get any flowers next year - or even worse. Let's take a look.

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