Pinching out

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    Should I be pinching out my annuals/tender perennials. And is it too late. It is the first time I have grown annuals in a border. They are still quite small after a late sowing, but the Cosmos is close to flowering.

    The plants in question are Ageratum (tall), Amaranthus, Antirrhinum, Cleome, Cosmos, Limonium Sinuatum (Statice) and Salvia Hormium (annual Clary).
     
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    Peters let it flower and then cut back to about half, many perennials will flower again late Summer,Autumn , if you do it in 2 stages then it prolongs the flowering even more, but regular feeding all Summer..
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    Thanks Ladybird
     
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