Pruning: Pinching out the tips of aster shoots when they start to grow in spring will produce bushier plants with more flowers. Deadheading plants as the blooms fade encourages more buds.

Pruning: Deadhead climbing aster plants in fall or winter, once the final blooms have faded. Do not complete any additional ...

This is called stopping, pinching or tip pruning and is used to make bushier ... on hardy perennials such as daylilies, crocosmia and asters. It will make the garden look tidier and stop pests ...