Pinching Perennials

The following is a list of perennials that can be pinched to control growth, make them bushier or delay flowering.

• Agastache (Hyssop)
• Amsonia (Blue Star Flower)
• Anthemis (Golden Marguerite)
• Artemisia (Artemisia)
• Asclepias (Butterflyweed)
• Aster (Aster)
• Baptisia (False Blue Indigo)
• Boltonia (False Starwort)
• Calamintha (Calamint)
• Campanula (Bell Flower)
• Echinacea (Purple Coneflower)
• Echinops (Globe Thistle)
• Erigeron (Barrenwort)
• Eupatorium (Joe Pye Weed)
• Gaura (Wand Flower)
• Helenium (Sneeze Weed)
• Helianthus (Wood Sunflower)
• Heliopsis (False Sunflower)
• Hesperis (Sweet Rocket)
• Hibiscus (Rose Mallow)
• Knautia (Egyptian Rose)
• Leucanthemum (Shasta Daisy)
• Linaria (Toad Flax)
• Linum (Flax)
• Lychnis (Campion)
• Lysimachia (Loosestrife)
• Malva (Mallow)
• Monarda (Beebalm)
• Nepeta (Catmint)
• Perovskia (Russian Sage)
• Phlox (Garden Phlox)
• Physostegia (Obedient Plant)
• Platycodon (Balloon Flower)
• Rudbeckia (Gloriosa Daisy)
• Sedum (Stonecrop)
• Solidago (Goldenrod)
• Veronica (Speedwell)
• Veronicastrum (Culvers Root)