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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Chrysanthemums, known as “mums” for short, are a beautiful way to add color to an autumn patio garden. Pollinators love these flowers, and mums stay colorful even when the weather gets frosty. These ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chrysanthemums make a great thank-you gift for the Thanksgiving host. In the language of flowers they convey abundance and "you're a wonderful friend" (Teleflora); as an ornamental gift chrysanthemums ...

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 ...

The chrysanthemums at Longwood Gardens grow long enough to cover 5-foot-wide umbrellas and full enough to fill 6-foot-tall teardrop-shaped hanging baskets. To train the stars of the Chrysanthemum ...

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 ...