Once the plant starts turning yellow and dying back, yes, I trim mine back. However, don't do this to bulb plants (tulips, daffodils) as the dying leaves are sending nutrients to the bulb for next year's growth. I realize it looks messy but some devoted gardeners plant hostas (for example) in front of their bulb flowers because the hostas emerge around the same time the tulips, etc. are fading. Therefore, the yellowed decaying leaves are then hidden by the hostas.
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I've always cut mine once it's died down.
Once the plant starts turning yellow and dying back, yes, I trim mine back. However, don't do this to bulb plants (tulips, daffodils) as the dying leaves are sending nutrients to the bulb for next year's growth. I realize it looks messy but some devoted gardeners plant hostas (for example) in front of their bulb flowers because the hostas emerge around the same time the tulips, etc. are fading. Therefore, the yellowed decaying leaves are then hidden by the hostas.
Yes, after they have died