Fall Garden Mums
Fall gardens would not be com
plete without chrysanthemum x
morifolium, the garden mum.
Many varieties and colors of this
plant are available in varying size
containers. Nurseries and garden
centers feature garden mums in
late summer and fall and to a less
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er extent in spring. Varieties range
from “button” types with flowers
less than an inch across to the
“Cloud 9” -variety with white and
yellow flowers over 4-inches
across.
Mums are one of the best sun
loving perennials plants for early
fall bloom. Bushier and compact
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growth provides the best show
induced by pinching between your
thumb and forefinger. Besides
being hardy and requiring little
care, other than pinching, they
come in many flower forms like a
daisy eye, halo-type or pom-pom,
and in many colors like coral-red,
white, yellow, rust, pink and
lavender. When plants grown in
the garden reach a height of 6 to 8
inches (early summer) remove 3/4
inch of each shoot. This will cause
side branching. When these side
branches become 4 to 5 inches
long, again remove the top 3/4
inch. This will make the plant
compact.
Vigorous varieties may need a
third pinching. Most compact,
cushion type mums may be
pinched as late as mid-July.
This versatile plant has many
uses around the home. The taller
varieties are excellent for cut
flowers, while medium and short
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varieties make nice pot plants for
inside or on porches, terraces and
decks. You can use short or cush
ion mums effectively in mass
plantings or borders.
' The simplest way to obtain new
plants is to divide old clumps. Do
this in the early spring before the
shoots begin rapid growth. Dig
clumps and break off the shoots,
leaving a mass of roots on each
shoot.
Mums can live for several years
in one location in warm climates
without having to be moved.
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On November 16, Rutgers
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However, you may have more
attractive flowers if you replace
them with new plants after two or
three years.
You may want to add a little
fertilizer, maybe even a little
water and winter protection, but
that’s about all the care the hardy
chrysanthemum needs.
Leaf disease will be less trou
blesome if the foliage is kept dry
this time of year especially during
the night. So water plants early in
the morning to allow ample time
for them to dry before nightfall.
strategies to not let stress be the
uninvited guest during this holi
day season. Both programs will be
held at the Extension Center,
Route 31, Remington, 7-9 p.m.
There is a fee of $5 for both prog
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