Can Mums Withstand Frost?
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Chrysanthemums are the perfect flower to bloom late in the season. Use these tips to help you plant, grow, and enjoy this beautiful autumn flower.
What kind of plant are chrysanthemums?
People often want to know if mums are annuals or perennials, and the answer is that they are both. Mums usually come in two types: cutting mums, which are used by florists, and hardy mums, which are grown in the wild (also known as garden mums). Both types come from a golden-yellow mum from China that looks like a daisy. Today’s hybrids in both groups are the result of many times when different species from China and Japan were bred together. Because of this mixing of plants over hundreds of years, there are now different kinds of mums that serve two different purposes.
There are many different kinds of flower shapes that florist mums can have, such as quilled, pompon, spider, and more. Florist mums are grown in greenhouses and are only used indoors. They don’t make many underground runners, which mums need to survive the cold. Most likely, florist mums that are planted outside are used as short-term bedding plants that will be taken out when the flowers die or when frost kills them. You can plant a potted florist mum you get as a gift outside, but it won’t make it through the winter no matter how well you protect it.
On the other hand, garden mums do better in cold weather. Most garden mums live for more than one year in Zones 5–9, and they are much stronger than florist mums. But some cultivars are not as hardy as others, and an early spring frost can kill them.
There are many different kinds of flower shapes that florist mums can have, such as quilled, pompon, spider, and more. Florist mums are grown in greenhouses and are only used indoors. They don’t make many underground runners, which moms need to survive the cold.