MID FALL CHECKLIST -PULL PERENNIAL WEEDS FROM GARDEN BEDS -RAKING AND COMPOSTING LEAVES -PULL OUT ANNUALS THAT FINISH BLOOMING AND PUT ON THE COMPOST PILE -HEAVY FERTILIZE ON CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND ROSES -STAKE MUMS -DIVIDE CROCUSES, DAFFODILS AND LILIES -START MULCH ROSES LATE FALL CHECKLIST -WEED , EDGE AND MULCH -PULL UP SUMMER ANNUALS -CUT BACK  TO 4 TO 5 INCHES ESTABLISHED PERENNIALS  IF THEY ARE DORMANTS -CUT CHRYSANTHEMUMS BACK TO THE GROUND AFTER FINISH BLOOMING -PRUNE MAGNOLIAS -DO NOT PRUNE AZALEAS, CAMELIAS AND RHODODENDRONS -LILIES, CUT OF THE LEAVES IN LATE FALL AND MOUND A FEW INCHES OF SOIL ON TOP OF THE BEDS TO KEEP MICE AWAY.