Our gardening neighbors in the Midwestern, Eastern and Northern states welcome their fall season in predictable ways. The sun rises later in the morning, setting a bit earlier in the evening.

As the air grows crisp and the leaves shift crimson red and orange, chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) make their return as the hallmark flower of the fall season. Better known as mums, this ...

The chrysanthemum was first cultivated in China as a flowering herb and is described in writings as early as the 15th Century B.C. In fact, their pottery depicted the chrysanthemum much as we know it ...

Question: I purchased a blooming potted chrysanthemum plant. How long do the flowers last? Will this plant continue to bloom through the fall, or is this a onetime shot? Should I discard it after it ...

Chrysanthemums, or mums as they are often called for short, are staples for fall color in the Midwest landscape. Now is the time to plant them in Kansas gardens — cooler days are already here and the ...

Chrysanthemums, often called “Mums” are a classic addition to the autumn garden. Garden centers and super markets offer a variety of sizes, shapes, colors and forms. They are lovely, and are certainly ...

Dalmatian daisies contain natural pyrethrins that repel and kill a wide range of insect pests. All mums can slightly deter bugs with their scent, but only Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium has enough ...

Jim grows amazing carrots and huge crops of Queensland Blue Pumpkins as well as breeding prize-winning budgies, but his show chrysanthemums are the jewel in his gardening crown. Some may see ...

Domed dwarf potted chrysanthemum plants or “garden mums” are plentiful in autumn garden centres, being supplied as mixed colours. They are seldom sold under their names, but specialist suppliers offer ...

Every year about this time I mourn the absence of old-fashioned garden chrysanthemums. At some moment in time, chrysanthemums as they used to be vanished, and were replaced mysteriously by a ...

Have you looked ahead at the long-range weather forecast? The first week of September is on track to be in the upper 70s, the first time in a long while that we’ve seen anything consistently out of ...