Trim Those Leggy Plants WRVO | By Jim Sollecito Published April 17, 2012 at 9:27 PM EDT Facebook Flipboard LinkedIn Email Listen • 2:54 When your landscape plants begin to get a bit long in the limb, do them - and yourself - a favor. Trim them back, and don't be shy. If you do it right, they will come back better and healthier than ever.