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Sun, Apr 30, 06 at 16:46
| I've got some chrysanthemums that survived the winter, and I'd like to know the easiest way to keep them pretty. Seems I recall my mom telling me that you had to pinch new growth to keep them small and compact, but that is turning into toooooo much maintenance for these things. Can I just take shears and trim them back to 1' high periodically? Will they look really horrible if I don't prune them?
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| You don't have to pinch them back, they will bloom early if you don't. I use an old pair of grass clippers to shear mine back several times in spring, early summer. I do my last shearing around the first of july. |
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- Posted by josette-sc 8(gw:josette-sc) onTue, May 16, 06 at 16:21
| Yes, that's what I do also. keeps them nice and bushy |
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- Posted by Teresa 7(ltbowling@bellsouth.net) onTue, Jul 12, 11 at 6:49
| It is July and my mums are blooming, can I prune them while in bloom? I want them to bloom in the fall. |
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