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Garden Mum

Striking flowers attract butterflies to the garden. Wonderful for bouquets and lovely in gardens or mixed landscape plantings with ornamental grasses and asters. Pinch in early June to keep plants compact and delay flowering, if desired.

Companion Plants

Black-Eyed Susan

Blanket Flower

Fountain Grass

Plant Details

  • Common name

    Garden Mum

  • Botanical name

    Chrysanthemum morifolium

  • Variety

    Golden Helga

  • Zone

    USDA Zone 5 (-20°F) to USDA Zone 8 (10°F).

  • Light

    Sun

  • Height

    18-24" (46-61 cm)

  • Habit

    Rounded

  • Feed

    Regularly

  • Water

    Weekly during dry spells

  • Bloom Color

    Yellow

  • Bloom Time

    Summer-fall

  • Maintenance

    Remove spent blooms