While other flowers are ending their blooming season, chrysanthemums begin a long... Chrysanthemums carry the day, even into the winter SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

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View full weather report. Summer Sale - Start Today for $1 - Expires 7/31/25. In praise of garden chrysanthemums. Published: ; Aug. 13, 2009, 5:54 p.m.

If you plant potted chrysanthemums in the ground this fall and they survive the winter, you can encourage new growth in the spring by pinching back the stems that have new leaves.

Chrysanthemums run the gamut, from bushy mounds covered with blossoms to stately, upright plants capped by one or just a few humongous blooms. Their colors and forms of flowers are equally variable.

How to take chrysanthemum cuttings. Published: Apr. 24, 2009, 9:28 a.m. By . ... Poke a hole in the mix with a pencil, stick the cutting in gently and firm soil around stem.

From Stem Cuttings . Another way to propagate mums is to cut stems from an existing plant. ... "Garden chrysanthemums can be tricky to successfully propagate with stem cuttings," says Irish-Hanson.

Chrysanthemums' popularity stems from the fact that they are low maintenance plants and when other plants stop blooming, they are in all their glory. Mums put on spectacular, long-lasting fall ...

Chrysanthemums will, however, ... New growth usually begins in February or early March when new shoots appear at the base of the old stem stubs. MORE FROM DAN GILL +4. Dan Gill: Fall gardening ...

IT'S TIME FOR the chrysanthemum to shake off its reputation as a stiff, kitschy flower that returns each fall as predictably as Halloween. For those in the know, the mum is a horticultural star ...

Longwood Gardens' annual Chrysanthemum Festival is back through Nov. 15. The main attraction is the Thousand Bloom Mum. It's a single plant with more than 1,000 yellow blooms on a single stem.