Heirloom Chrysanthemums & Why You Should Grow Them! 🌺 || How To Grow Mums || Cut Flowers 

I did the same. I ordered some chrysanthemums after Amanda's video on bluestone perennials, and these flowers did so great. They flowered in the fall, and now, almost 1 year, they got so tall and healthy and about to bloom.

Which side of the house do you have your mums? Also in Texas ❤

@@summerofstacey6676 I ended up placing two orders. I received one order at the end of March. Each time I order I buy their multi-pack to save a little money. Anyway, I have two on the north side of the house, one on the west side, and the rest on the south side. The mum on the west side gets hammered with the afternoon sun and it was my smallest one. I was worried about it but it made it through the summer even with water restrictions. It was definitely the smallest one but now you can't tell. It is a healthy plant and is covered with buds. I hope that helps.

@@michelechambers4494 awesome! thank you for replying!….that makes me more excited to give them a try now 😘

I’m so glad they work for you!

I totally agree!

I’m always looking for a place to squeeze something else in!

Oh thank you!

That is awesome! I’m so impressed that you were able to start from seed as that is super hard!

@shesamadgardener ok, I pulled the seed packet out and thee are actually from Johnny's seeds and Chinese asters. Tower violet aster and king sized apricot aster. I'm still learning and not sure if these are hybrid or heirloom or classified as chrysanthemums. It gets confusing. Lol. Think they'll be be beautiful though and maybe next year I'll order some perennial chrysanthemums.

They were super tiny containers!

Me too!!

Thanks so much 😊

Agreed ❤️

Oh I hope mine gets that big!

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They really are very hardy plants! They can certainly take a beating and still produce!

Thank you! You too!

Agreed!

Awesome!

That’s awesome!

I did seed dahlias this year as well and had a great germination … my zone just gets too hot for too long to allow for flower production of the dahlias.

You are so welcome!

I hope you will!

Thanks!

I’ll go check out Oregon Chrysanthemums, thanks!

You are so welcome!

Good luck!

Yay!

Agreed the codes are definitely hard! A classification video is a great idea!

Awesome!

Thanks!

They definitely benefit from some afternoon shade.

Thank you 🤗

I will go check out Dan! Thank you! As for pests, I haven’t dealt with much of anything on the mums as of yet … my biggest issue is a little iron deficiency so far.

Yeah I’ll have to contact them if they don’t work out.

They are looking a lot better now that they are potted up, so I’m hoping they pull through.

@@shesamadgardener that’s good, they’ll be lovely flowers. 😊

Glad you think so!

Glad you think so!

Hmm, I’m not sure but couldn’t have been more than 3-4 days.

Yeah they don’t love the heat here.

Thanks!

I suggest propagating it … I just posted a video on propagating mums. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y6wQfJwpd6U.htmlsi=wHg0FdRtiZGFPdj1

@@shesamadgardenerthank you so much for the reply!! I’ll definitely try propagating it!

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You would definitely need to check the hardiness zones for any of the varieties to make sure they will come back in zone 6.

I use 5 and 10 gallon bags

I haven’t but I’ll look it up!

@@shesamadgardener it's such a sweet book, with a great moral!

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I’ve never started them from seed or even been able to locate seeds for them. But I saw that another person commented on this video that they have!

Seeds are not the way to do this. People selling seeds are not selling real heirlooms. They only grow from cuttings. You can grow seeds, but will only get the daisy look, not those really full pretty ones.

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I think so too, but I’m going to give them some time and see how they grow up. Hopefully they will turn out okay!

@@shesamadgardener I had challenges with the heirloom mums I didn't get into the ground by mid-april. They didn't get established and the heat got to a few of them. I used shade cloth on other ones and that helped. I bought a few from Goose Creek that were slightly larger than yours but I just got them Saturday. They are amazing for a Fall show. I second your comment on cutting back earlier. I had some blooming in early January. I'm planning to stop cutting back by June 1st. The fall bloom time is impacted if we get 100 degree weather in mid to late Sept like we did this year in DFW. Mine get some afternoon sun which both helps and hurts them so I use shade cloth in the summer to help. Each plug in one year has turned into 12 to 24 inches by 6 to 12. It's pretty insane the growth. The bigger the flower type, the larger the growth for me. I did disbud and the flowers got huge. I'm definitely doing it again. It was worth it. For example, with Cheerleader, I got 8 large flowers. This year, it will be more like 24. I'm also experimenting on seeing if a few buds flower by June. If not, I’ll just disbud for the fall. I also grow Dahlias. These mums are 10x with similar results. Dahlias still are amazing but they are so much work and issues in Texas. I'm trying to use 15 to 20 gallon pots (versus grow bags) to see if that works better. I find by June I have to cut them to the ground or pests or disease get to them no matter what I use. I did start a few of them in November and they are flowering now. I suspect I'll get a month of decent flowers before I have to cut them back. My goal with a pots is to move them around and bring them inside now and again and see if that gets me a better fall show.

Yep, I added a lot 😂

Good choice! I started with the more robust plants from Bluestone Perennials!

Same ❤️