Texas Gardening: chrysanthemums, 1 by LiseP

LiseP wrote:
Hi all. I'm so glad you guys told me to take those pretty dead-looking potted chrysanthemums, cut them down to the base and plant them. I did that back in Feb and all three looks good and have buds ready to bloom. Here's a photo of just one of them. I'm so pleased!

But in reviewing this thread -- are folks advising me to cut off all of these buds? Since I already did cut everything back in February (although there were no blooms, just dead leggy stuff from the previous fall), I am thinking maybe I've already done the first round of pruning, and well, I'm not sure where I am in the cycle that was described in the first few posts on this thread.

I'd obviously just as soon enjoy these flowers, but if it's best for the plant to cut the buds off for an even better display later, well, okay. (But wah, can't I enjoy the flowers first?)
Thanks for your comments.
LiseP