Last summer we planted a few Garden Mums in our front yard garden. In the fall, to get them ready for winter I followed advice that I got from a few sources online and cut them back leaving each branch about 2" above the ground. Then I covered each plant with a mound of mulch.

Now it's spring and warm (I'm in the Denver area) and I've noticed that on some, not all of them, there appears to be some new growth but not from the cut back branches. See the photo. I'm curious whether or not this is normal.

Thanks!

David

I do not grow many but that is how I remember them coming back , from the base of the old wood not further up the stem.
I believe @frankrichards16 grows some.

OK, good. Thank you. Would you say then that I could safely cut that old wood down to ground level? It would look better I think.

yers, mums die back to the ground during the winter months. And, yes you can cut them down to ground level. According to some gardeners, you wait until spring to cut them back. theory is that the plant will maintain a snow cover for winter protection.