There are two mum types: florist and garden perennial mums. Botanically, they are both members of the genus Chrysanthemum, with many hybrids in each category. The main difference between florist mums ...

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As summer winds down, you'll have noticed an uptick in the availability of pumpkins, gourds, and chrysanthemums (or mums) in garden centers, nurseries, or the box retailers you purchase from. And ...

Imagine it is late fall with longer nights and temperatures dropping, giving you a hint of winter to come. These are ideal conditions to bring out the most in chrysanthemums when they burst into bloom ...

Have you ever tried planting hardy mums and had them fail to come back the following year? Fall mums are perennial flowers that can grow and bloom in your landscape year after year, if you handle them ...

Buy mums later in the season and choose plants full of unopened buds so they bloom longer. Give them a sunny spot, frequent deep watering, and fresh soil in a larger pot or the ground. Florist mums ...

It looks like we have freezing temperatures, or near freezing temperatures, in the not-too-distant future. So, if you, like many of us gardeners, have been lulled into a state of endless summer, there ...

Autumn has arrived, and for home gardens, mum`s the word. With other garden plants beginning to languish and go to seed, the hardy chrysanthemums have assumed their traditional role as the ”queen of ...

Mums grow best in well-draining locations that receive at least six hours of sun per day. Areas with poor drainage or too much shade can make mums vulnerable to pests and disease. Many types of mums ...

Woman kneeling in flower garden with many different colors of mum flowers - Twentyseven/Getty Images The sight of mums in every grocery store and front porch marks the unofficial beginning of autumn.

“If all your friends jumped off the Empire State Building would you follow them there too?” I can still hear my mother uttering those very words in response to me wanting to do something perfectly ...