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Among garden mums, the most common types are compact and dense "cushion" mums. The flowers may be spidery or look like daisies, pom-poms, or thick cushions of slightly curved petals.
Creating new plants from your favorite mums is easy, says Galen Goss, executive director of the National Chrysanthemum Society.Simply snip off a 4-inch stem with leaves on it and put it in a pot ...
Follow these steps and you'll have a garden full of many colorful mums in no time. 1. Watch the Seeds. First and foremost, don't deadhead your mums at the end of the growing season in the fall ...
Chrysanthemum × morifolium (also known in the US as florist's daisy [2] and hardy garden mum [3]) is a hybrid species of perennial plant in the genus Chrysanthemum of the Asteraceae family. Botanical history
Chrysanthemums (/ k r ɪ ˈ s æ n θ ə m ə m z / kriss-AN-thə-məmz), sometimes called mums or chrysanths, [5] are flowering plants of the genus Chrysanthemum in the family Asteraceae. [4] They are native to East Asia and northeastern Europe. Most species originate from East Asia, and the center of diversity is in China. [6]
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Goldenrod. A deep yellow color makes the aptly-named goldenrod flower a good choice for any autumn garden—but beware: It's sometimes considered a weed because of its tendency to multiply.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers—Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies is a horticulture and gardening book by John Wood, published in 1884 in London by L. Upcott Gill. [1] The book consists of descriptions of common British flowers, organized alphabetically by their scientific name.