What should I know about cutting back overgrown herbs?

Answer by  BrendaG (6111)

Early springtime is the time to prune herbs. When the new growth starts, remove dead debris and clean around base of plants. Cut back no more than 1/3 of plant. Plants such as lavender, thyme, or sage needn't be trimmed unless they are very leggy. This helps new growth.

Answer by  BeeCory (30)

Most herbs benefit from being cut back vigorously in late fall or early spring. Some of the woody herbs, such as rosemary can suffer from being cut too severely, but even these will generally recover. Herbs are aggressive in the garden so it is best to prune early and firmly.

Answer by  AKMGabriel (241)

Remove flowers and blossom most of the time and cut the herb back to active bract or node, a point at which new leaves and branches can or are emerging.

Answer by  champaign9497 (11977)

All you need to do is take sharp scissors and clip off the parts that are overgrown so that the plants can start and grow fresh again.

Answer by  cody (1331)

all you need to know about cutting back overgrown herbs. just get a strong weed killer and it should do most of the work for you all you would have to do is spary the weed killer on the overgrown hurbs make sure you get all of them or they will come back.