Expert Explanations
Mums Can Last Years and Years
You've seen them at all the pumpkin farms and fall flower stands, mums bloom late and if treated right can bloom again and again.
When you walk into MacFarlane Pumpkin Patch, you see big pots of mums. Those are not for sale, but rather are flowers the family has cultivated for years. They have bloomed multiple times and continue to come back year after year. Keeping mums healthy and continually blooming is not that hard, Marilyn Macfarlane said. Marilyn Macfarlane is married to Drew Macfarlane, whose family has owned the farm for 50 years. The best way to keep your mums blooming year after year is to plant them in the ground. But that is not the only way. You can also winter mums in pots if you care for them in the proper way. The key is to allow the plant to go dormant over the winter. While the plants can be left outside once the weather changes, you have to mound …
