How to Plant Potted Mums Outdoors to Grow as Perennials
Tips for planting potted chrysanthemums outdoors in your garden. Not all mums work but some will grow perenially.
Cost: 10.00
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Chrysanthemum potted, hardy variety
Instructions
- Plant 6-8 weeks before first fall frosts.
- Choose healthy potted chrysanthemums with no sign of wilt or browning. Ideally, they are budding but not yet blooming. They must be winter hardy.
- Choose a full sun location (6 hours of sun per day) with well-draining soil.
- Before planting, snip off the buds or flowers so the plant puts its energy into root production.
- Plant at same soil depth as it was in the container.
- Water deeply, and continue watering right up until frosts begin.
- Add a few inches of mulch at frost time.
- Resume watering in spring. Check if ‘pinching back’ is recommended for your variety to encourage blooms in fall.
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