How to prune flowering tobacco

Deadhead throughout summer; cut back hard in midsummer if needed. Snap or snip individual spent flower stems to the nearest healthy side shoot. For leggy plants, cut the whole plant back by one-third to one-half in midsummer, making cuts just above a leaf node.

Deadhead regularly; hard cut once mid-season if plants become leggy. Flowering tobacco benefits from deadheading to prolong blooming and light cutting back if plants become leggy in midsummer. Remove spent flower stems to the nearest side shoot. A hard cut of up to one-half in midsummer can rejuvenate sprawling plants and produce a fresh flush of fragrant flowers by late summer.

Snap or snip individual spent flower stems to the nearest healthy side shoot. For leggy plants, cut the whole plant back by one-third to one-half in midsummer, making cuts just above a leaf node.