Learn the tricks to making sure your mums will come back every year in containers or garden beds.
A pot of big-blooming mums todecorate your porch in fallcan be pricey.
The answer: It depends on how you treat them.
Credit:BHG / Kelli Jo Emanuel
With the right care, however, thesetypes of mumscan be brought back year after year.
Here are the best tips for getting either bang out of mum to flower year after year.
BHG / Kelli Jo Emanuel
What’s a Florist Mum?
The potted mums known as florist mums have been carefully calibrated for fall glory.
Here’s how to do it:
Never use garden soil when repotting mums.
Instead, use a good quality potting mix that will provide enough drainage.
If you grow them as perennials, you must do some of that yourself.
Dont worry; its easy.
In garden terms, pinching is removing the growing tip of a shoot.
Don’t skip the pinching!
It encourages the mum to produce many new shoots, which eventually grow buds and flowers.
Unpinched mums often look leggy and spindly and dont have many flowers in comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
Most garden mums flower forabout four to eight weeks.
Mums bloom based on day length, not plant maturity.
you might often find this information on the tag.
Early-blooming mums are best for colder climates because they deliver color before frost.
Gardeners in warmer zones can use early and late-blooming mums for an extended season of color.
It depends on where you live.
