Looking at the bloom stem, keep one set of large leaves below the bloom and trim the stem below those leaves down to about 1" above the next set of leaves. As long as conditions are ideal, the plant has a shot at one rebloom this season, and would likely result in two blooms coming from a set of new stems forming from a "Y" from the two buds directly below where you stip. All H. mac buds on stems come in twos, and are located immediately above where the existing leaf meats the stem. Should look like a raised reddish brown dot.

So if we cut in this fashion, will that also help create a larger bush, as it is encouraging growth to the sides? I was just about to make a post on where to cut my ES, I have a ton of bright pink blooms (pretty alkaline soil here) that I'd like to put in a vase for the weekend.