Is this the only way to have mums? Or is there a variety that truely lasts as a perennial?
Thanks in advance for any enlightenment.

Do they die off in late fall, after frost? Do you cut them back to the ground in spring and pinch the tips, maybe twice before the end of July...just like I do my 'annual and a half or soThe Helpful Gardener wrote:... as for size you can (and should chop them in half for mid season and another cut in July August to set them up
HG