Trimmed Hardy Mums
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hardy mums wintering over in my garage needed a trim. (charlotte ekker wiggins photo)
Trimmed Hardy Mums
My experiment to winter over hardy mums in my garage is going relatively well. I’ve only lost a couple of mums so far and new growth is appearing at the base of the plants.
vigorous new growth under the dead overhead branches. (charlotte Ekker Wiggins photo)
To give new growth better access to sun, I’m trimming off the dead branches from last year’s growth.
That should give the mums an easier way to collect sunlight and turn the new growth from light yellow to green.
glad I trimmed. This one is needed some sunlight to turn green. (charlotte ekker wiggins photo)
Once it’s time to plant these outside, they will be exposed to a few hours of sun a day.
Then it will be time to settle them into their new outside homes, giving them a whole growing season to get established.
Hardy mums are excellent natural bug deterrents as well as long-lasting cut flowers.
