Hope everyone enjoys their fall flowers this year! I live in Michigan cold, hard winters and love to use store bought mums in my outdoor planters in the fall. I leave the mums in their original containers so they are easy to take out of my planters. The crazy thing is, I always try to remember to plant these mums in the garden after they have lived their PLANTER life in November, to have garden mums the following year.
They always come back! Last year, we had an early snow and I never had a chance to plant those mums. I set the pots behind some bushes and forgot about them. I kept them watered this past spring and summer and they are now loaded with buds, ready to bloom! Thank you so much for your thorough and concise tips. Is it ok to plant my mums now in the ground? Or should I wait and Water them through winter in my Garage and plant in late April? It would seem like you could plant them now. Early spring is recommended … but with care, and continued mild weather, you might be ok.
Or, plant some now and some later. If you plant, Do not cut back mums. The dead growth insulates the roots. Cut off the dead stems and leaves when you see the first green shoots in spring.
After the ground has frozen, spread 4 to 6 inches of mulch around the plant. If you know the plant names, you may feel more confident. The following are extra-hardy mums. I have big beautiful mums in pots on my front Porch. If I keep them in my garage all winter and keep them watered, can I play them early spring? Brought my beautiful Mum indoors last week hoping to keep it before I took it to the cool dark basement for the winter.
There are lots and lots of tiny tiny flies that accumulate on the nearest window. I took the plant back outside for a day and sprayed it with flying insect spray but the next day the flies were back. There seems to be more of them the day after I water the plant. What are these and how can I get rid of them? It sounds like you could be dealing with fungus gnats or a similar gnat.
These tiny flies are commonly found in houseplants or outdoor plants grown in greenhouses or large-scale nurseries. Luckily, they are mostly harmless, although they are annoying. Keep the plant away from your other indoor plants for now, as the gnats can easily move from plant to plant and lay eggs in the soil.
See our fungus gnats pest page to read more about dealing with them. I planted mums last fall and not only did they last, they actually thrives, most even doubling in size - and I bought full sized mature plants to start with. They started filling out with blossoms around June and have been in full bloom since as long as I dead-head them. My mom also planted mums several years ago and they come back every year and bloom beautifully.
All we do is soak the ground well and then heavily mulch just before the first frost. I guess we just got lucky - or have very green thumbs. Funny I live in Iowa and my mum's were on the north side of the house. They over wintered just fine no special care for winter.
Still were growing when we sold the house. Well over 40 years ago, my husband was given a pot of mums while in the hospital. We planted it on the south side of the house and it thrived.
A few years later when we moved to our little farm, the mums, now spread out into many plants, came with us, again to be planted on the south side of the house and other places in the yard.
I am writing this on September 19, , and these mums are still hardy and getting ready to bloom. They bloom only once in the fall and later than my other mums and,yes, I do have other mums that are years old which bloom throughout the summer.
I do nothing special to these mums except basic care of watering and mulching By the way, I'm in northeast Mississippi. Good to know about your flower plants. Now I will ask my aunt ms Ramla Bahadur to grow these flowers as she has a beautiful house in Greenwood miss. Buffalo, New York, so yes, it gets cold.
I never attempted mums in the ground for the reasons stated in the article. But I've been keeping potted mums alive for 3 years, which is at least a full year longer than they should ever live. Some only make it one more season, some make it 2, but some actually bloom a third time.
I currently have 2 pots that are blooming, probably for their last year. I buy some unopened mums in early October and put them in terra cotta or a quality, heavy duty plastic pot, using decent potting soil. After they open and the flowers fade near the end of the month, I leave them outside until the first big frost. As I put my garden to bed for the winter, I chop the mums down, then put the pots in the unheated garage.
In April, I bring them out into the sun and water. Usually it takes about 2 weeks to see new green. If there is no green in 3 weeks, that particular mum is done. Mums grow slowly over the summer. You won't get flowers until about September, at least in northern latitudes. Every few years, I need new mums to replace the old. People just throw out the mums after autumn. Don't waste them if you want them next year!
I don't know why some of mine last 3 seasons. I live in southeastern Louisiana. Mums aren't even out in any garden centers here yet. It is mid-July. Is it safe to say that when I see them in the garden centers, I can buy the mature, flowering mums and plant them? I think your article was only meant for northern states, right? I think some of the advice was for Northern residents. But if you're in Louisiana they would probably survive Winter.
I'd be sure they get some moisture. I found this site helpful. I couldn't post the link. Not allowed. It had some good advice. Hello This year for the first time I began to grow chrysanthemums wintering in the ground, I bought 22 varieties. I live in Poland and I am very curious how they wintered at my house I'm seeking advice on how to keep my hardy mums for next year. I live in an apartment in San Diego and recently purchased mums and have them in pots.
It doesn't get very cold here. I deadhead them as often as I can. Should I transfer them to bigger pots? Thank you! Keep your plants well-watered and deadheaded. If the roots are crowding the pot, feel free to move the plants up to the next size pot.
They will keep on growing in a sunny spot. Fertilize them in the spring when they start to produce new growth. I planted what I believe to be a white mammoth mum plant that I was given in a small 10" pot last Spring. It was blooming when given to me and I had let the plant dry out quite a bit, by accident. I didn't think it would survive, but I put it in the ground. The blossoms were so heavy they pulled the long stems down. I didn't do anything to it in the Fall. It survived our mild Indiana winter and is growing tall, again.
Am I supposed to prune it back? Now, I've read these plants can get 3ft tall the second year and I've planted it in the front of my flower bed where it's hiding other plants. Is it easily re-planted in a better location? Should I just cut it back? We enjoy learning new things; thanks for this question. We hope this helps! Hello, Would it be okay to store my potted mum's in my unheated garage? I live in Canada, Montreal. It gets pretty cold in the winter. Basement is never dark. Also garage has 3 little round windows so I thought maybe I could just put a blanket over top?
Question: I live in Southwest MI by the lake buff and have only a outdoor shed or a extra bedroom to winterize the mums I just purchased. Which place would be best? Would I take the mums out of their pots if stored in the shed? The backdraw of the shed is that the snow drifts against the door blocking from being able to get into for watering plants. Plan to leave them in the pots.
Cut the mums back and add a heavy layer of mulch to the pots, then put them in the shed. Mums are becoming more available in spring at garden centers, large home centers, etc. Also check the spring mail-order catalogs - sometimes you can find a greater selection. I just purchased 5 mums in pots from home depot can I leave them in their pots in direct sunlight? What do I do when the buds are all gone? Do I need to put the dead plants in the basement until the Spring?
I've planted them in the ground before and they all died. If you live in a cold climate, you may have trouble overwintering fall mums outside because they do not have time to establish themselves.
You could try keeping your mums in their pots until it frosts and they turn brown. Then, cut the plants back to 1 inch. Water the soil. Put the pot in your basement or unheated shed on top of some magazines or newspapers. Surround the plant with more newspaper to keep it insulated from drafts. Every month, check the dormant plant. If the soil, is dry, water it.. In the spring bring your pots back outside or plan them in the ground.
I have the opportunity to buy fall mums from a neighbor, but know nothing about mums. Everything I'm reading says mums should have been planted in spring. If I buy these mums, do I plant right away or keep them potted thru spring and keep them in the house?
I'm in Indianapolis and our winters can be brutally cold. I really don't want to waste money if these are going to die. Hi, Joe, As the blog post above explains, mum—er, chysanthemums—purchased in the fall season are not suitable for planting.
If you want mums for decoration, buy them in pots in the autumn. Read above and, if you really feel strongly about buying now, consider overwintering the plants in pots as explained above.
THEN you can plant in the ground with little worry. How little? See above again, especially the advice for super-cold regions. I actually planted 4 or 5 mums at the end of the season last year and they all survived the cold Ohio winter. In fact, one is already starting to bloom. Hi, Pat, It sounds like you got lucky. Not everybody has it as good as you do! Thanks for sharing!
We live in Connecticut and dug our mums up for the winter. We replanted them in the spring but they all still look dead. They were kept in the basement and we could not find a grow light so we settled for fluorescent lighting for hours per day. Is fluorescent lighting not enough?
We thought since plants do so well in most offices that it would work for our mums. Flowers can range from green to yellow, orange to bronze, burgundy, red, pink, purple, and white. They can also be found in various flower shapes:. The National Chrysanthemum Society goes even further, dividing blooms into 13 different classes. While we commonly treat them as annuals, mums are hardy from zones , meaning they can survive outdoors in Illinois Illinois spans zones a.
However, many people struggle to get mums to survive through the winter. So, what can be done to help mums survive in our landscapes? The biggest reason mums fail to overwinter is that we typically try to plant mums when they are most commonly available in the fall. Spring is the ideal time to plant mums. Planting in spring gives the plants ample time to establish themselves in the landscape. Mums also have a fairly shallow root system which makes them prone to heaving during the winter.
This heaving caused by repeated freezing and thawing of the soil can severely damage or kill the plants. To help prevent this, apply 4 inches of mulch to your plants when the ground begins to freeze. This will help prevent wide swings in soil temperature and therefore heaving.
Since mums are shallow-rooted, they are also prone to drying out. I'm trying to get my Chris more interested in the gardening aspect of taking care of the lawn.
Uphill battle! I don't even qualify as a lazy gardener anymore. I've abandoned the yard to Chris, who happens to like puttering. BTW, I loved your expression, "freezing their pots off. Home Appliances. Air Conditioners. Water Heaters. Home Improvement. Interior Design. Home Furnishings. Home Decor. Lawn Care. Pest Control. Bed Bugs. Beneficial Organisms. Garden Pest Control. Rock Gardens. Welcome to Dengarden! There's definitely green growth and leaves under all the dead stuff.
Related Articles. By precy anza. By Rachel Darlington. By Audrey Hunt. To get the most from your mums, choose cultivars according to their bloom times. It also helps to coordinate bloom time with the length of fall in your location. Most garden mums will withstand a light fall frost , but finding the best cultivars will let you enjoy them for as long as possible.
Mums aren't as expensive as many perennials, so if you want, you can plant them as annuals without worrying that you've spent too much money on something that might not live more than one season. If you're an impulse buyer, you'll probably see pots of colorful mums this fall and not be able to resist. Fall planting lessens the chance of winter survival, however, because roots don't have time to establish themselves enough. If you want something more permanent and are willing to provide proper care such as mulching and pinching to encourage compact growth and more blooms, plant mums in the spring and allow them to get established in the garden.
This will improve their chances of overwintering and reblooming the next year. Some plants will even produce a few blooms in the spring before being pinched for fall flowers.
Whether in a pot or in your garden, mums like lots of light. Mums thrive in full sun conditions as long as you give them enough water. Choose a spot that gets at least six hours of sun a day. Plants that don't get enough sunlight will be tall and leggy and produce fewer, smaller flowers. Just be careful: Light is not the same as heat. Don't put potted mums out too early in the season when summer's temps are still in full swing. Plants likely won't survive well.
Water newly planted mums thoroughly, and never let them wilt. After they are established, give mums about an inch of water per week. When bottom leaves look limp or start to turn brown, water more often. Avoid soaking the foliage, which can lead to disease. Mums thrive in well-drained soil. If the soil doesn't drain well, add compost and mix it in to a depth of inches for best performance.
You could also grow mums in raised beds filled with a garden soil mix that drains well. Plant mums about 1 inch deeper than they were in the nursery pot, being careful with the roots as you spread them. Their roots are shallow, so they don't like competition from weeds. Plants set out in spring should get a fertilizer once or twice a month until cooler weather sets in. Don't fertilize plants set out in fall as annuals, but the plants you hope to overwinter should get high-phosphorus fertilizer to stimulate root growth.
Prepare mums for winter after the first hard frost. Mulch up to 4 inches with straw or shredded hardwood around the plants. Pinch off dead blooms to clean up the plant, but leave branches intact. Mums have a better chance of surviving if you wait to prune old stems until spring. Although garden mums are often called hardy mums, they may not survive the winter if drainage is poor or if you live in an extremely cold climate.
If your mums survive the winter, you'll see new growth developing around the base of the plant in early spring.
As soon as the weather warms, pull away mulch to allow new shoots to pop up. The old, dead growth from last year can be clipped away.
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