Mums are a beautiful addition to your fall garden. Make sure not to plant them in spots that are too shady, as they need full sun to thrive. Also, don't plant them in small pots, or in areas that are ...

Have you ever tried planting hardy mums and had them fail to come back the following year? Fall mums are perennial flowers that can grow and bloom in your landscape year after year, if you handle them ...

I can never resist planting mums in the fall. My other flowers are fading, and here are these wonderful pops of color at the garden center. I usually end up buying a few mums for my front porch.

Gardeners have a lot of hope. Whether we are putting seeds in the ground, dividing and transplanting an overcrowded decorative grass, planting bulbs in the late fall, or trying out some new garden ...

It looks like we have freezing temperatures, or near freezing temperatures, in the not-too-distant future. So, if you, like many of us gardeners, have been lulled into a state of endless summer, there ...

Store-bought mums aren’t bred for the ground—they’re less hardy and often grow tall and leggy. If planting, cut back, fertilize, water weekly, and mulch roots, but expect them to act like annuals. For ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Mums come in a wide variety of colors that perfectly complement the fall season, but if you aren’t careful your mums might not make it through the winter. Chrysanthemums, ...

I have a few mum plants still in their pots and wonder if I should cut off the plant a few inches from the soil or should the mums just be kept in a cool, sunny place and watered during the winter ...

Woman kneeling in flower garden with many different colors of mum flowers - Twentyseven/Getty Images The sight of mums in every grocery store and front porch marks the unofficial beginning of autumn.

While many people buy mums to decorate their front porch in the fall, they often miss out on the opportunity to plant them in the ground to bring color every year. Garden mums, or Chrysanthemum x ...

Many colors of chrysanthemums bloom in pots at a greenhouse. - Bmanzurova/Getty Images Every fall, stores and greenhouses are bursting with fresh color from chrysanthemums. Often, they are treated as ...

Mums grow best in well-draining locations that receive at least six hours of sun per day. Areas with poor drainage or too much shade can make mums vulnerable to pests and disease. Many types of mums ...