Well over 40 years ago, my husband was given a pot of mums while in the hospital. We planted it on the south side of the house and it thrived. A few years later when we moved to our little farm, the mums, now spread out into many plants, came with us, again to be planted on the south side of the house and other places in the yard. I am writing this on September 19, 2018, and these mums are still hardy and getting ready to bloom. They bloom only once in the fall and later than my other mums(and,yes, I do have other mums that are years old) which bloom throughout the summer. I do nothing special to these mums except basic care of watering and mulching...have no idea why they have lived so long other than they know they are loved! By the way, I'm in northeast Mississippi.
Well over 40 years ago, my husband was given a pot of mums while in the hospital. We planted it on the south side of the house and it thrived. A few years later when we moved to our little farm, the mums, now spread out into many plants, came with us, again to be planted on the south side of the house and other places in the yard. I am writing this on September 19, 2018, and these mums are still hardy and getting ready to bloom. They bloom only once in the fall and later than my other mums(and,yes, I do have other mums that are years old) which bloom throughout the summer. I do nothing special to these mums except basic care of watering and mulching...have no idea why they have lived so long other than they know they are loved! By the way, I'm in northeast Mississippi.