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.
The gardening tools from my parents and the values embodied in my father’s family are with me still, and they give me direction about how to move on in challenging times.