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Premature pruning will remove flower buds, thereby depriving you of those glorious flowers.
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David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 7 Mar. 2026
Montgomery says to remove the flower buds and additional runners of first-year plants so that the plant can establish itself within the soil for a more fruitful harvest in the second season.
—Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
Trees such as dogwoods that flower early in the spring form flower buds during the previous summer and fall.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
But there are plenty of bulbs that will die back from a brutal freeze if their foliage or flower buds are exposed.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
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David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 7 Mar. 2026
Montgomery says to remove the flower buds and additional runners of first-year plants so that the plant can establish itself within the soil for a more fruitful harvest in the second season.
—Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
Trees such as dogwoods that flower early in the spring form flower buds during the previous summer and fall.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
But there are plenty of bulbs that will die back from a brutal freeze if their foliage or flower buds are exposed.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Flower bud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flower%20bud. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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