Mums, mums and more mums
By sofs
@sofssu (23662)
February 13, 2016 8:34am CST
I love mums. This year they have been really late. They bloomed late into December and are ready to fade away. All we have had are these pretty pink ones this year. I just got a picture of them before they faded.
I have taken several cuttings of them before summer .. sometimes they die due to the intense heat here. A few cutting could help me preserve them for another season. Do you multiply your plants? or save your plants for another year?
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
14 Feb 16
I have done it in the past but not recently. My mums were a victim of an owner who forgot to water them!! lol
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
15 Feb 16
@sofssu They certainly can survive with a little effort but they are inexpensive and maybe people just don't want to take the time to keep them over the winter.
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@sofssu (23662)
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15 Feb 16
@BelleStarr There isn't much of a winter here.. we are already into summer.. But I get what you are saying.. Personally I would buy more plants for the same money and keep the old ones too.
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@sofssu (23662)
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15 Feb 16
@BelleStarr I just picked up a clump of dying mums from the sidewalk yesterday.. I wonder why people throw them away.
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@allknowing (134222)
• India
14 Feb 16
They only grow again if cuttings are planted. I have missed doing this for some and so I have just one colour. Yours look pretty. Mine have more petals.
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@sofssu (23662)
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15 Feb 16
@allknowing Actually they have a lot of side growth.. fresh growth if repotted also do beautifully. Here I keep them in doors until the worst of the summer heat is over.
@MarshaMusselman (38862)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Mar 16
@sofssu In Michigan begonia's only return when people bring them into the house for the winter/colder months. They are considered annuals here.
@nottoooldtowrite (2715)
• Philippines
13 Feb 16
Very beautiful mums. I do not maintain any garden unfortunately.
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@sofssu (23662)
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15 Feb 16
@nottoooldtowrite I am glad you like them. Would you like to have a garden someday?
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@sofssu (23662)
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15 Feb 16
@nottoooldtowrite sounds like a great hobby for retirement. 
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@nottoooldtowrite (2715)
• Philippines
15 Feb 16
@sofssu maybe when I am retired already and I jut receive my monthly pension 
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Feb 16
my rose bush keeps blooming, I think it is confused as to what month it is
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@sofssu (23662)
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15 Feb 16
@Jessicalynnt LOl most of my plants seem confused. I guess the sunny pergola adds to the confusion.. ll these years they have had good shade and just the morning sun..
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
16 Feb 16
@sofssu I would worry the cold, warm, cold, warm would kill my roses, but they are rather hardy lol
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
13 Feb 16
I'm afraid not .... I do not have 'green fingers' so do not have plants in the house....., but enjoy other peoples efforts and gardens....
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@sofssu (23662)
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15 Feb 16
@sueznewz2 I am happy you enjoy other peoples garden. I hope someday you will pick up the courage to grow one of your own.
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@MarshaMusselman (38862)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Mar 16
My mums grow from year to year as here they are perennials, does the heat kill them there, Sofs? I do prune my mums prior to them budding and replant the sections that I prune off. If watered enough before it gets too hot they will produce a new mum plant by winter/fall. Mums in Michigan don't start blooming until August with many blooming still right before we get a lot of snow. They do tend to prefer the cooler weather.
I found this discussion on the sidebar after reading about a different mum post.
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@sofssu (23662)
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4 Mar 16
@MarshaMusselman Mums used do act like perennials until they were hybridized so much.. Now we have mums with differently shaped petals and varied colors and they don't seem to adapt to the heat anymore as they used to do before. They tend to die off as the summer hots up. I have them in containers even if I bring them to a shadier spot they don't always survive.
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@MarshaMusselman (38862)
• Midland, Michigan
5 Mar 16
@sofssu We have fancy ones for indoor gardening, but the basic plants for outside. THey don't start growing during our summer months. How cold does it get there during your winters? I'm surprised they don't begin growing when your weather begins to cool off if it ever even does?
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
14 Feb 16
I do try to keep my plants alive but once in a while, sadly one will die. I love mums and the ones I have will make it through the winter. They are called Hardy.
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@sofssu (23662)
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15 Feb 16
@PainsOnSlate I agree they don't survive your kind of winters sometimes, though they are hardy plants. Here the summer heat sometimes scorches them.
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