How to prune moroccan toadflax

Throughout the cool-season flowering period. Remove spent flower spikes by snipping just above the next healthy set of leaves to encourage side shoots and extend the flush slightly. Once the plant yellows with summer heat, remove it entirely rather than cutting back.

Deadhead regularly during the short season; no structural pruning needed. Moroccan toadflax (Linaria maroccana) is a cool-season annual that completes its lifecycle quickly. Deadheading spent spikes can marginally extend flowering before summer heat triggers senescence, but the plant is short-lived and does not respond to hard pruning. Pulling out and re-sowing is more effective than trying to revive flagging plants.

Remove spent flower spikes by snipping just above the next healthy set of leaves to encourage side shoots and extend the flush slightly. Once the plant yellows with summer heat, remove it entirely rather than cutting back.