After temps stay around freezing, keeping your fall-blooming mums inside for an extra few weeks of blooms is also easy. Keep them deadheaded, water them when the top inch of soil is dry ...
How long can it bloom and what should I do when the flowers decline? Answer: Enjoy your mum for the next three to four weeks as these are long-lived flowers meant for fall and winter months.
Nurseries selling mums in full bloom in the fall often refer to them as garden mums. These may be perennial or "florist" mums forced to flower for fall displays. The intent is to use them as annuals.
And she’s right about the number of mums. There are between six and ten thousand in bloom every fall when the 40-foot-tall, 175 foot wide pile of dirt turns into a technicolor treat. It's really ...
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