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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

Beard-Tongue

Creeping Myrtle

Salvia

Plant Details

  • Common name

    Garden Mum

  • Botanical name

    Chrysanthemum morifolium

  • Variety

    Red

  • Zone

    USDA Zone 4 (-30°F) to USDA Zone 9 (20°F).

  • Light

    Sun

  • Height

    18-24" (46-61 cm)

  • Habit

    Mounded

  • Feed

    Use all-purpose

  • Water

    2-3 times per week

  • Bloom Color

    Red

  • Bloom Time

    Summer-fall

  • Maintenance

    Mulch to reduce weeds

This plant also belongs to the following BloomIQ.com collections:

  • Danielle P.'s collection
  • Terry G.'s collection