When Can I Cut Back My Mums?

katrina

November 13, 20100 found this helpful

Whenever they are finished blooming.

llpensinger

January 3, 20110 found this helpful

If you want to clean up dead blooms trim deadheads off after blooming. I personally don't cut my mums back of their fall foliage till spring. Keeping foliage over winter helps feed the roots. So in spring I cut dead foliage before they start growing again. Once they are growing, I cut my mum back to 4inches on July 4th, so they don't fall apart when loaded with blooms. Cutting them back at this time also increase the amount of blooms.