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Takeaways on Chrysanthemum Health from Lan Su

Takeaways on Chrysanthemum Health from Lan Su

This blog is contributed by Mandi Atkinson, former garden curator at Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland, Oregon. I was reflecting earlier this afternoon about pests and diseases with mums...

The Mum Garden

Takeaways on Chrysanthemum Health from Lan Su

This blog is contributed by Mandi Atkinson, former garden curator at Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland, Oregon. I was reflecting earlier this afternoon about pests and diseases with mums...

Keeping Up with Explosive Growth

Keeping Up with Explosive Growth

Growing Chrysanthemums: Keeping Up with Explosive Growth Chrysanthemums, those vibrant and enchanting flowers, have a surprising secret: they can burst into astonishing growth almost overnight once they find their forever...

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Keeping Up with Explosive Growth

Growing Chrysanthemums: Keeping Up with Explosive Growth Chrysanthemums, those vibrant and enchanting flowers, have a surprising secret: they can burst into astonishing growth almost overnight once they find their forever...

Pinching Your Mums

Pinching Your Mums

Chrysanthemums grow aggressively fast in the late summer and if left to their own devices might end up more like trees or small shrubs. While all that stem length might...

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Pinching Your Mums

Chrysanthemums grow aggressively fast in the late summer and if left to their own devices might end up more like trees or small shrubs. While all that stem length might...

Getting Your Ground Ready for Your Mums

Getting Your Ground Ready for Your Mums

When growing Chrysanthemums, preparing the soil where your plants will grow is one of the fundamental steps to ensuring healthy productive growth. Growing chrysanthemums in the ground requires site prep...

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Getting Your Ground Ready for Your Mums

When growing Chrysanthemums, preparing the soil where your plants will grow is one of the fundamental steps to ensuring healthy productive growth. Growing chrysanthemums in the ground requires site prep...