Sometimes with a perennial of uncertain first winter hardiness, it's
possible to leave them in their pots in an unheated garage or other quite
cool location which doesn't stay below freezing. I have a lobelia
(victoria) which I keep in a pot because it can live in my little tiny pond.
Different books give it different hardiness ratings, so to play it safe, I
just bring the pot and all into the garage for the winter, after one or two
frosts, and set it outside again in late March or early April. Maybe that
would be the answer for your mums, and then next spring you could plant them
in the ground, to give them a chance to put down deep roots and "harden-up"
for the following winter.
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I've not had much luck transplanting the "garden mums" that are sold in
baskets this time of year. I was told by the local radio garden show host
that transplanting them while in bloom is the problem. They don't expend
any
energy putting down roots while blooming and before they do it freezes.
Not
sure what your zone is but it doesn't work here in west central
Wisconsin.
My wife starts "hardy" Mums from seed in the early spring ( indoors ) and
we
have had good luck growing them as "perennial" in somewhat protected
areas.
This year we bought some really nice looking yellow mums in early Sept.
and
I cut all of the blooms off before I transplanted them. So far they look
to
be doing fine and I am hoping for a great show next year.

That's interesting. I will try to make notes as to when I move them from
porch decorations to ground and see if they survive or not. They sure are
gorgeous this year. I just hate to lose any plants at winter's approach.

I had purchased some Walmart mums in August (I think) and they bloomed and
I just got around to transplanting them and darned if they aren't blooming
again. Maybe I'll snip them down a bit and let them grow roots, instead.


On the Yucca, we have successfully transplanted Yucca plants twice, both
times in the fall. Last time was because we were moving and couldn't
leave
them behind.

I'm going down to dig them up tomorrow. I hope it works. I have yet to
see yucca sold at the local greenhouse so people must be getting them from
*somewhere.*

Thx.
Giselle