Find out the optimal time to set out potted mums to prolong their blooms.
Chrysanthemums often appear for sale at your local garden center or grocery store long before summer is over.
But don’t be in a hurry if you want your plants to last.
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Even though retailers start selling mums wellbefore fall begins, you may want to hold off on buying them.
How long do mums bloom?
Enjoy them until the blooms die off, and then compost them.
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Hardy (or garden) mumsare a different story.
They likely won’t survive the winter in colder climates if you plant gardenmums in the fall.
Then you canplant the mums outside in your gardenonce the soil has warmed up.
If your plant is still alive, you should soon see new growth appearing from the roots.
You’ll be able toenjoy their flowers longerthis way.
Mid- to late-September is ideal if you want to love your mums for as long as possible.
