How to prune apache beggarticks

Midsummer, after the first main flush fades. Deadhead spent flowers regularly by pinching or snipping just below the faded bloom. In midsummer cut stems back by up to one-third with clean scissors or shears to stimulate compact regrowth and a fresh flush of flowers.

Deadhead weekly during flowering; cut back once mid-season. Apache beggarticks blooms prolifically and benefits from regular deadheading to extend flowering. Pinching back long stems by one-third in midsummer prevents legginess and encourages a second flush. Without intervention plants become straggly and bloom less freely. It is a short-lived perennial or annual, so hard renovation pruning is rarely worthwhile.

Deadhead spent flowers regularly by pinching or snipping just below the faded bloom. In midsummer cut stems back by up to one-third with clean scissors or shears to stimulate compact regrowth and a fresh flush of flowers.