Monday, October 14, 2013

Mum's The Word

One of my favorite things about fall is seeing my mums begin to bloom again. To me, the season hasn't truly started until these lovely, bright flowers burst open with their vivid hues.


I have never had much luck with growing mums in containers (I think I water them too much) but I have found that they flourish in the ground. I love that after they are established, they are very low maintenance and don't require regular watering or attention. I do pick back any buds that appear before mid-July to encourage bushier growth and cut the plants way back in the early spring, but really that's about it.


Right now we only have a couple of mum plants, but hopefully we can add some more soon. They are one of my favorite flowers!


Do you grow mums in your garden?

~Tammy

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48 comments:

  1. they're lovely! most i see around here are potted. i don't even attempt them. i go for hardy ones that can stand our texas summers and come back each year - like lantana.

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  2. Such beautiful flowers! A nice bright spot to accent autumn colors.

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  3. This has been my very first year having mums and I think they're absolutely beautiful. We have yellow ones. I will now have them for all the autumns of the rest of my life :)

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  4. We have a circle of maroon and yellow mums around our flag pole and I bought a potted purple mum last week, which I really need to plant soon. Yours are lovely Tammy!

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  5. Lovely mums! I have never thought about growing them in a bed. I'll have to try try it next year.
    Kelly
    Crackerdog Farm

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  6. I planted a potted mum once and it did grow...for a bit...then died. I've never tried again, but yours are so lovely I just might try it!

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  7. Hi Tammy! Your garden of mums is so pretty. I love all the rich fall color and it's always nice when a flower flourishes with little effort on the part of the gardener. I haven't tried growing them but will consider it:). Happy Monday!

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  8. Beautiful! Love the bright pink/fuschia colored ones!

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  9. that golden one is the epitome of autumn Tammy. I would like to grow dahlias, another old fashioned plant that's become popular again. S:)

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  10. I don't, but my mother-in-law does and she LOVES them!! I think they're really pretty. We pick some up this Fall if we make another run to the pumpkin patch (lots for a great deal!).

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  11. I don't have luck getting mums to come back year after year, so I have to re-plant them if I want them every year. I do love them though - such a lovely bit of color on the ground to compliment the trees!

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  12. I love my mums, too! I plant my eggplant in front of my mums which begin to blossom just as the eggplant is finished up. It's such a great combination!

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  13. Your Mums are beautiful. I love the different colors. We tried them but they did not grow back the following year. Lovely photos, have a happy week!

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  14. I love the earthy colors of Mums. You are lucky to get them to grow for you. We are too wet here and the slugs seem to find them very tasty! But I do love them in pots. xo

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  15. Your Mums look so pretty.. I do love all the wonderful colors mums are. I just bought a big pot of them myself.. Hope you have a awesome week.

    ~Linda

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  16. Your mum's look so pretty! I have one growing.

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  17. I love mums too--they give me such a "fall-y" feeling. I even love the way the leaves smell. I grow Sheffield Pinks, which do very well in North Florida. . . . Your flowers and photos are just beautiful!

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  18. Mums are so pretty in the fall garden. I made a note for myself on my spring calender to buy and plant some more. Love the colors you have in your garden.

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  19. Nope-milkweed and hydrangeas mostly. But I might consider Mums now.

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  20. Gorgeous! One of my favorites, as well! When I lived in Minnesota, I had many in my garden. Since moving to Wisconsin, I have not been able to get them to survive the winter. It isn't any harsher here, so not sure what keeps going wrong, but I took the year off from trying!

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  21. Wow, they are beautiful. No, here in Northwest Wisconsin I have not had any luck to winter mums. :-( I try every year and I try a new spot too. ??
    I love the color of your mums.

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  22. No,but I should. I love them in the fall. I wonder how they would do in our wierd Colorado temps.

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  23. How gorgeous! I don't have mums in the garden but I'm thinking I should grow some.

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  24. Wow - those mums are gorgeous!

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  25. They are so pretty! Sadly all my flowers have to be in pots and have been all eaten since the move. I'm hoping to have the garden fence up soon so I can replant though :)

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  26. I bought a pot in the plant shop en the color is like your second picture.
    Have a nice day! RW & SK

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  27. I love mums! Yours are beautiful, i like the idea of growing them in the ground.

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  28. huh, i've never thought to plant them, i always get them in a pot, then toss...do i feel stupid lol...beautiful!

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  29. Hi Tammy, Love the mums. Yes our grow great in the ground too.
    But I usually still buy one or two to put in baskets out front each Fall then plant them in the ground around the farm after they finish blooming. It is such fun when they pop up bigger than ever the next year :)

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  30. I purchased pots and then totally failed to water them. They were beautiful for about two weeks!

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  31. I have them from my mom's gardens. They do well in well drained soil and on our south side of our house. The whites and the yellows do tend to take over in the garden though...I never had luck growing your beautiful fuchsia colored one!

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  32. Thank you for this post! I love mums, and was wondering about planting them vs. container. You have helped me make up my mind! :)

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  33. Yes I do but as you say in the pots they don't seem to like at all. I made a mistake by putting my recent one's in large pots, but they seem to be perishing . So thank you , now I know what I should have done Tammy. Enjoy they are so pretty.

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  34. I didn't know I could! That's a happy new thought! :-)

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  35. I love mums!! Just bought some today, in fact. I can't wait to get them set up on the porch. My fingers are crossed that he chickens won't make short work of them though lol.

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  36. I am a big fan of oranges and reds together so I am always on the lookout for flowers with that combo (eg orange lilies). I have never heard of mums though. I wonder if they are called something else in the UK?

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  37. I do like mums, also! But my big time flower in my neck of the woods are Cosmos! They grow very abundantly. They thrive and bloom their pretty pink and white daisy like blooms for weeks and weeks. I also do very well out here on our little prairie with the shasta daisies. I have found that the Wild Flower mixtures seem to do the best for me in my gardens. I love to buy geraniums for containers!! But we had a deep freeze already, so it is all gone now :( But I did bring a big geranium in the house to winter over.
    Blessings,
    Susie

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  38. Your Mums are lovely. Will be getting them as potted plants to decorate the front of the house!! Very pretty!

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  39. SERIOUSLY! What is the secret for in ground!? I cannot keep them! any tips, I would LOVE!!!

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  40. Oh Tammy these are truly beautiful and no but I will be next year. B

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  41. Gorgeous! I don't grow mums, but now I want to! Thanks for sharing.
    xoxo

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  42. Ooooooooooooh, I think I might have to after seeing yours! ;0)

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  43. I love them! Mine have returned year after year, I need to divide them because now they are way to big to be in my front yard :)

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  44. I don't grow anything in my garden at all. Even things that I've been told doesn't need much taking care of die with me. I have a brown thumb instead of a green one. Your flowers are beautiful. :)

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  45. Gorgeous, Tammy! I grow mums too! They have to be one of my favorites:)

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  46. Oh just beautiful, one of the best parts of this time of year :)

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  47. I love Mums. We just got back from a week away and I need to go get some for my deck stairs :)

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