How to prune dittany of crete

After summer flowering; light tidy in early spring. Use fine scissors to snip off spent flower stems at their base after blooming. In early spring, remove any dead or winter-damaged stems, cutting back to the first sign of green growth. Avoid hard pruning into old bare wood, which this plant regenerates from poorly.

Once or twice yearly; dead-stem removal as needed. Dittany of Crete is a low, softly woolly herb that benefits from light pruning after flowering to stay neat and encourage fresh aromatic growth. It is not aggressive, so heavy pruning is unnecessary. Trim spent flower stems and any straggly growth after the summer bloom. Remove dead growth in early spring.

Use fine scissors to snip off spent flower stems at their base after blooming. In early spring, remove any dead or winter-damaged stems, cutting back to the first sign of green growth. Avoid hard pruning into old bare wood, which this plant regenerates from poorly.