Bill who putters wrote:
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gardengal wrote:

On Dec 3, 4:58 am, trand wrote:
Hi All, we brought a mum from a local store 2yrs ago, in a pot, it
flowered then looked like it died, back in the spring the other half
planted it in the garden, it has grown to over 6ft tall, and
flowered
yellow flowers about 4in across, it is a chrysamthemum, i have
checked
the leaves with others that we have , but I have never seen one grow
so
tall as this , any ideas as to what type it is? going to try and get
a
photo on here.. thanks ...

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trand

Ones purchased from nurseries and garden centers have typically been
treated by the growers with growth retardants to keep them small and
compact. Once established in the ground or allowed to outgrow these
treatments, mums can get quite tall. They can be cut or pinched back
periodically during the growing season to keep them shorter, with the
last cutting around mid-July. This also helps to increase the number
of flowering stems or bud formation. Most garden mums are
hybrids......and there are literally hundreds of different cultivars
with various colors, heights, bloom types and times.

We have tried to grow mums here ( Football Mums) and failed whereas
my
father-in-law had success. 50 miles a way but his soil was very
sandy.
We treat them like annuals like other plants we don¹t understand
culture of.

They grow like weeds here. I cut them to the ground and they still keep
coming up. I don't even think I could kill them. In the spring I cut a
hole in the center so they do not split in the center when they get
tall, about four feet, I also trim them back a bit in June when they
get about two feet tall.

I have them around my back deck. One headache is bees love mums and I
have a fun time just sitting on the back deck wondering how long it will
bee, pun, before I get stung.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)