I know of only one plant in my garden -- Alstroemeria -- for which the
recommendation is not to cut but to pull. When a shoot is through
blooming, I give it a steady pull (not a sudden tug) and pull the entire
shoot out of the ground.

I do this with Japanese Anemones when they start to look ratty and go
to seed. They break off at the base of the rosette and the roots form
new rosettes at the break.
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