Keep potted mums thriving by giving them half a day of sun and watering them when the top soil dries. Deadhead spent blooms ...

Even though chrysanthemums are biologically perennial, not all of the mums you buy in pots in September or August will be winter-hardy if planted.

The showstopper of Longwood Gardens' Chrysanthemum Festival is a 12-foot-wide chrysanthemum with 1,363 yellow flowers.

Birmingham, AL Potted chrysanthemums—better known as mums but require additional care tips to help extend their growing season.

Nothing says autumn like brightly colored mums adorning front porches and filling patio planters. Knowing how often to water mums is key to getting the longest life out of your plants. The answer to ...

Are Garden Mums the Same as Florist Mums? If you've ever been at a garden center and looked at a tag on a beautiful chrysanthemum plant, you might see it labeled as a garden mum, hardy mum, florist ...

Pick healthy mums early in the season—choose plants with tight buds, not full blooms. Decide between hardy mums for perennials or florist mums for one-time fall color. Give mums six hours of sun, ...

Dear Neil: I received a potted chrysanthemum last year about now. I cut it back to 4 or 5 inches after it finished blooming and divided it into a couple of clumps. I set them into the garden and ...

First, I want to state that I am not a gardener. I'd like to call myself a "lazy gardener," but that would be far too generous. Lazy, yes. Gardener, no. I buy plants and do a bit of transplanting here ...

With the arrival of fall, one popular bloom brings the brilliant colors of forest foliage to our doorstep: With flower colors coming in purple, red, orange, yellow, and more, chrysanthemums, or more ...