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, ...

Why do fall mums seem to fade almost as soon as you bring them home? These cheerful blooms are the symbol of autumn, yet they rarely survive long enough to see the first frost. The truth is, most ...

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 ...

Chrysanthemums are hardy, herbaceous perennials that generally bloom in our area from October to December. (Katherine Frey for Washington Post ) Although temperatures are still regularly reaching the ...

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 ...

As our gardens fade in autumn, many of us buy potted chrysanthemums for a final display of blooms that may last through an early frost. Can they have a lasting place in our gardens? It depends, ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - When autumn arrives, few flowers signal the season like mums. Their vibrant colors and full blooms make them a favorite for porches, yards and seasonal displays. But according to ...

Mums are the stars of the fall garden, and there's nothing that says autumn more than a front stoop covered in pots of big, rounded mums with their blooms covering their entire surface area. But, of ...

Keep fall's favorite flower blooming abundantly all season long. Pick healthy mums early in the season—choose plants with tight buds, not full blooms. Decide between hardy mums for perennials or ...