Two Very Different Ways to Trim Your Annuals | Gardening with Creekside

Today I am showing you two very different ways to trim your annuals so that they perform their best to the end of the growing season. Annuals respond really well to being pruned, and I am walking you through step by step two different ways to trim them.
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[@samcarpenter4347]

Brenna is like “ MOM!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! I’d get yelled at if I broke the plants!”

[@kathrynblaisdell4369]

When you took the hedge trimmers to the annuals even Brenna was like mom what are you doing? 😂😂 can’t wait to see how they rebound!

[@nedra4wv304]

Because of you, Jenny, and Laura @gardenanswer, I have learned so much over the last 2-3 years. I’m not afraid to try anything with plants. If I don’t like it, I change it. Thank you for being an inspiration 👍🏼😊!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

That’s awesome 🤩

[@lorikopelciw6962]

So cool to see the hummingbird right behind you when you first started talking ❤

[@reggie9334]

I like the ponytail method 😂

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

It makes pruning so much easier!

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

Make sure u have tissues when u drop her off at college !I broke down in the car after we dropped ours off! Memories!

[@amandacarr6141]

Morning y’all!!

[@janeta2559]

So exciting for your daughter. I hope she will be close enough she can come home on the weekend.

[@MsDisnyfan]

HA! When you were shooting the tight shot of the saliva, that was a hummingbird moth. :)

[@deborahsmith2665]

My daughter just graduated college in May, and now she’s moving away. You think starting college is hard. Wait until you get to my point in your life… It’s just hard letting go! Love your videos. Enjoy the time with your daughter!

[@trisharcher6411]

I like the ponytail method! Works for me and my time!

[@suzettebergeron484]

Brenna seemed worried that mama lost her mind,lol.i aggressively trim my annuals the same way-they bounce back within a week or two😊

[@melissaanderson5757]

OK, I did it... 🙏 Thanks for the education and encouragement!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Wonderful!

[@user-cp5ht1th6i]

I find trimming annuals a fun garden chore my go to is grab, make a pony tail and cut. 😊

[@juliabinford6500]

My first year of gardening, I planted full sun salvia in part shade, then I cut all the blooms off for a second flush, and they immediately died. I was scared to prune annuals for the next two years, lol.😮 Supertunia vistas are the only thing I need to prune, everything else just gets about 1/3 the size your plants do. I still get satisfaction from seeing you prune:)

[@kathrynryan9857]

Jenny you gave me permission to go for it on my trimming! I am itching to get out there! Also I love you shirt! “I got lost going in the right direction.” ❤

[@mdgordon85]

In the nervous camp, but I trust you. Whacked back my petunias using your grab a handful and cut method, fertilized and now I wait. First time ever! It does feel good!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

That is awesome! Excellent job my friend 👏🏻

[@greenrockgarden2851]

Omgosh! That’s about as full I’ve ever seen your back patio boxes get! I just did my trimming. I felt so much better and I bet the plants did too.

[@djgarrett8096]

Wow!! So informative and clear. I love your approach, both ways, since I have a small garden, probably going with the second method vs the first. Scary 😟 either way 😃😃😃😃…..keep on keeping on, great video!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Glad it was helpful!

[@eileenchang2173]

I’m laughing at myself because when I hand prune my annuals I actually try to enjoy the flowers indoors by sticking them in water. Just the thought of me throwing flowers with the rest of the gardening debris makes me cringe😂. 🌸❤️🇨🇦

[@deb9024]

Thank you I did this the other day was very hesitant but now I’m so relieved to see your video Jenny 😊🌺🌺

[@maureengee364]

Love pruning. I just did my super bells and there already looking much better. They can breath now. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@VernitaStone-ui6qs]

You are fabulous!!!!! Love your videos. Your experience and knowledge speaks for itself, air quotes are not needed.

[@mayranniesotoherrera2825]

Thank you! Just the encouragement I needed, I quickly went outside and cut back my annuals. Not everything required a cut back and I wasn’t able to get to everything that need it but I had been thinking about it for a while and this video made me feel better about doing it. I’m in Michigan and my growing season is so much shorter but they still have time to recover and be beautiful 😊

[@rebeccahatch1930]

Wozers those annuals in the deck boxes are crazy gorgeous..and will be again. I'm heading out to whack my plants today 😀 very cathartic 😂

[@shangrilahomestead9930]

The only thing that made it not so painful to watch those beautiful annuals being sheared back was Brenna wondering why too.😂 Looking forward to seeing how the annuals grow back.😊

[@bronwynnewell1767]

HEDGETRIMMER LOL….LOVE IT JENNY!!! 😂❤😂❤ Bron NSW, Australia

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Can you tell I enjoyed it? 😂

[@carolnelsongerontologist]

I am with you. I do not have the time to trim back going branch by branch. I just grab a bunch of stems and cut. Gardening is about faith. I have faith that the flowers will come back.

[@carlas872]

Thank you Miss Jenny! Would you do the same thing for annuals planted in ground?

[@dianegoldberg1003]

Very satisfying! Have a wonderful day with your daughter while you still can. At this point they move on quickly into their adult lives becoming very focused in them. They become more independent of our hold requiring less from us! Which you all to well know. As satisfying as that is to have them bloom into adulthood it’s difficult. I have one that has moved from home into college then to Turks, to st. Thomas to st. Martin then back to our area. The other now is in Florida. Oh how I wish for the hands of time to turn backwards yet I’m super proud of their achievements and independence. However, I miss a random lunch or a weekend dinner gatherings and movie date. Everything has to be well planned and somewhat complicated in planning as you well know the anticipation out weighs the length of time of those shared moments and they quickly pass then it’s on to the next anticipated meeting. Time is not our friend! Have an amazing day!!!🌺🌺🌺

[@violetamayer6298]

Oh my😀😀😀 don't mind me but I was totally distracted in the beginning of the video by the hummingbird behind you and by Brina enjoying herself 😀😀😀😊

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

It really is a zoo around here! (In more ways than 1! 😂)

[@violetamayer6298]

@@GardeningwithCreekside 😄😄😄 a beautiful zoo

[@shirleyc7175]

Thanks for the trimming lesson. 👍

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

You bet!

[@kathy5216]

The deer 🦌 trimmed my sweet potato vine!

[@merudolph6758]

Perfect timing, Jenny! I have been looking at my containers and wondering if I cut them back, would they continue to bloom here in my 7a central Va. ESPECIALLY THE CRAZY SWEET POTATO VINE. We have a couple of days reprieve of cool temps and (relatively low) dewpoint so I'm eager to power through the next few days. Enjoy these last few weeks with your daughter-- so many emotions during this next phase of her journey.

[@cece_marie]

I trimmed my annuals yesterday afternoon right after I "trimmed" my perennial grass! Especially the sweet potato vine, which was demanding water twice a day. 😮

[@joydavis4087]

OH, I heard you say you just trimmed boxwoods. I need to do that. I’ve left mine wooly because of the heat. So, can I trim them without burning them? That would be wonderful.

[@bettyjocohagen7955]

OMG!!! SO what about out in the landscape on supertunias??

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Same methods apply 😊

[@kathy8832]

That looks so much better. Looking forward to seeing these in a couple of weeks!

[@judyhagen4401]

Always love your videos,Jenny but had to chuckle when you trimmed the plants in the nursery water trough. Your potato vine reminds me of Cousin Itt from the Addams Family! Too cute! 😂

[@deanncampbell3437]

I love watching your videos 🥰

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Thank you!!

[@8helenjhouston8]

Jenny thank you sooooo much for this FANTASTICALLY educational video - I need ALL the pruning/maintenance instruction I can get!!!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

You are so welcome!

[@mariay.279]

Thanks, Jenny.

[@marionsaul7781]

I use the ponytail method but I don’t use my trimmers on annuals only my shrubs. We all have our methods!!!

[@MsDisnyfan]

This is why I love your channel. You teach us how to plant but also the maintenance!!

[@SandiMacDougall-mz4zj]

This was so very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing. Enjoy your mother/daughter day. ❤

[@elainepietrzak8093]

Very informative. Would like more gardening tips. Love your videos😂

[@anitahadley2871]

Brynna thought you were a little nutso, lol! I did a bunch of trimming this morning, my crazy loropetalums got a major prune. I forgot my bubblegums though. Thanks for the reminder.

[@elaineyakatan2310]

Good morning Ginny

[@jodip719]

I have the climbing sweet potato vine this year too. It is one of my favorites and oh my goodness is it a force to be reckoned with! I built some 3 tier orb obelisks for my pots and I havent been able to see the obelisks for a month now. Thanks for another awesome video Jenny!

[@alisonguthrie]

The red sweet potato vine looks like “Cousin It” from the Adam’s Family. All he needs is some goggly eyes. Wonderful demonstration. Thank you

[@AClark-bq6oc]

Great video; thanks 💖

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

You are so welcome!

[@vintagegarden93]

Very informative, ❤

[@elaineyakatan2310]

Hi Ginny. I do my grasses early Spring. And at your suggestion I just did eyelid!

[@neldahargo5933]

justified!!!! now I have an answer to those who call me heartless.

[@shirleygermain5707]

Minnesota summers are so short I rarely have to trim.

[@judyblount1688]

My mantra when pruning is 'you have to be cruel to be kind' and focus on the long term. I'm a fellow North Carolinian so I really enjoy your videos and sweat right along with you!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Well said!

[@jerryzimmerman5769]

❤Go Jenny Go! ❤

[@brendamorison8671]

I remember that about a year or so ago you planted a bunch (15 or 17) of pitiful looking Phantom Hydrangeas. Could you give an update on these? So curious to know how they did.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Will do! They are filling in nicely, and I expect that next year (which will be year 3 in the ground) they will be spectacular.

[@imelda2610]

Hi Jenny- I appreciate your videos so much. You provide lots of great information. For the begonias that are in the shade, would you cut the whole stem if it leggy and how long would it grow back. We are in zone 5 in Canada so short summer season.

[@barbarahiesel1015]

I love it! Hack those babies off for me! 💕

[@trishrobinson1523]

Informative! I doooo trim my grasses. Eek!! But they flop! So it’s he lesser of two evils so to speak. 🤷‍♀️

[@judyanderson8782]

I have 2 coleos that are 4 ft tall and wide, and are blocking viewing the other plants. They're getting a hair cut. BTW: can you save the seeds from coleos to plant next year? How do you do that?

[@fraukeg.facchini2691]

Love my cordless hedge trimmers! Way to go at the deck boxes. Did you trim the outside, too?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

I did 😊

[@trishrobinson1523]

It did look like Brenna was freaking out

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

She was a happy girl rolling in the grass 😊

[@larrylong591]

😱

[@chickiepoo1992]

What are the blue flowers right behind the yellow & pink flowers? I believe you may have mentioned them a couple videos ago when you were trimming the boxwoods?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

It is a Blue Chiffon Rose of Sharon

[@chickiepoo1992]

@@GardeningwithCreekside thank you! it's beautiful!

[@mychinadoll312]

Just wondering about the feed trough you’re using as a planter, when the trough is hot in the sun, does the heat affect the roots of the plants?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Nope! We've had this water trough planted for years now and the plants have always been stunning.

[@mychinadoll312]

Great. We live on the Gold Coast, Australia - sub-tropical climate, so it can get pretty hot here too!

[@disabled_dahlia]

You can put all the coleus that you are trimming in water and reroot them for more plants.

[@betsybugsmith5324]

Sweet potato vine roots well in water too. I over winter both. I make several cuttings as the continue to grow. Come spring I have enough for the summer.

[@disabled_dahlia]

I over winter the coleus but did not know you could do that with with the sweet potato too. Thanks

[@1210mbw]

I think my heart stopped for a moment. Ouch!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Oh, but you should see them now! They are drop-dead gorgeous!!!

[@terresiagregg9326]

Just cut them off lol they will come back bold n beautiful

[@katherinethweatt4167]

Do you prune your cleome back?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

We have before, it will flush back out and flower

[@graylagran7443]

Where is your daughter going to college? Is she staying in NC? My bf’s kid is going to NCSU and will be on campus although he lives in the Raleigh area.

[@dorindajenkins7825]

🙋

[@paulajames6149]

I trimmed off 2 inches of my lobelias and they just did not bounce back. Almost all are dead.

[@ItsMeRodia]

Type A eldest child here. And I admit it was a little stressful to watch you with that trimmer. 😱 I’m with Brenna. 😆

[@bohnnco]

Or just toss em and think fall 😂

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

That certainly is always an option!

[@bohnnco]

@@GardeningwithCreekside I’m not quiet there yet but it can be tempting in the dog days of summer 😊

[@michaelgray1123]

OMG..............What have you done? They looked beautiful before .... but now...... I don't know.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Just wait 😊

[@michaelgray1123]

I'm really anxious to see the end result.@@GardeningwithCreekside

[@janetmoore5795]

This was very traumatizing to watch. I only kept watching because you said you weren’t going to be as severe on the second one, which I thought you were. You said you were trying to let the Penta’s breathe. I guess I’m wondering why you put so many plants in the container to begin with if something pretty is going to get whacked because of it. Unfortunately I watched this right before bedtime and it has upset me so much that I’m not going to be able to go to sleep. Very disturbing and cringe worthy.