Perennials: Helping perennials overwinter by not cutting down?, 1 by

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Thanks for the compliment. I should have mentioned that cutting back in the Fall prevents accidentally trimming back new growth. I used to do it in the Spring and by the time I got to the end, there were to much growth that I had to cut around.

Foliage left in the Fall does not serve plants in any way except harbor bugs.

I wonder who came up with the idea of cutting in the spring. I know someone who uses a weed eater in the Fall.