How do I care for Montauk Daisies /Daisys?

UpState
by UpState
Great plants ... late-summer flowers...but getting 'leggy'.
When and how to trim them back to get them 'fuller & bushier' -
without stopping them from blooming the same year as the trimming ???

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  • Shawna Bailey Shawna Bailey on Dec 12, 2016

    Hi, I can't see the picture. It looks really tiny. I think you maybe copy and pasted a picture into your comment box which for some reason makes it show up tiny. If you save the picture to your computer and then click the camera looking button you can upload the picture and we can all see it in a good size, and help you out.

  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Dec 12, 2016

    Montauk daisies need to be cut back after they emerge next season and almost fully upright,cut down in half. That will produce more flowers and fuller bushes.You can also separate them after they emerge in the spring.

  • Pat Benson Pat Benson on Jan 08, 2017

    better, I think to let them go thru winter, maybe tie them up, them cut back hard in the Spring. Stick cuttings in soil and you will have multiple daisy plant before long.

    Generally if a plant flowers in the Spring, cut back in Fall; if the plant blooms in the Fall, cut back in Spring...that way you don't cut the developing buds...PatB