Dig a hole twice as wide as the pot, and place the plant in the hole so that the crown (where the roots meet the stems) are at ground level—and not any deeper! Backfill the soil, water, and mulch to ...

With their flowers brightening up the world from late summer until the first frost, chrysanthemums are a staple perennial in many gardens. When other blooms fade in the summer months, mums showcase ...

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 ...

Once you learn how to grow chrysanthemums, you can have beautiful mums that last longer than store-bought ones. Chrysanthemums are one of the most rewarding flowers to grow because of their vibrant ...

Many colors of chrysanthemums bloom in pots at a greenhouse. - Bmanzurova/Getty Images Every fall, stores and greenhouses are bursting with fresh color from chrysanthemums. Often, they are treated as ...

Gardeners have a lot of hope. Whether we are putting seeds in the ground, dividing and transplanting an overcrowded decorative grass, planting bulbs in the late fall, or trying out some new garden ...

Mums prefer well-drained soil, so don’t plant them areas with poor drainage or occasional standing water. They also prefer full sun (greater than 6 hours of sunlight per day), which is needed for ...

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What’s fall without mums? Readily available, they help transform your outdoor space in a snap. While a single potted mum plopped on the porch signals, “Yep, it’s fall,” people who embrace decorating ...

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 ...