1) Starts spending less 
Trimming or cutting moderately, making sure some of the last season's growth is left, to clean the plant up and the encourage new growth.
Coated material whose binder viscosity has been reduced by the addition of a volatile oil.
[Football] a sudden change in direction taken by a to make it more difficult for defenders to follow and tackle him.
[v] - return in time
flash back verb return in time; `the film cut back to an earlier event in the story`
A pruning technique that keeps leggy plants more compact, promotes new foliage growth, or coerces plants to bloom repeatedly.