A friend of mine got a lovely pot of "florist" mums for her birthday.
She was ready to pitch the plant when it was done and I took it and
planted it, after trimming it 'way back. I took the trimmings and put
them in small pots. About 18 small pots. Planted them in the ground when
they had taken root and ALL are blooming right now. The cutting are
about 8-10" tall and full of blooms. They will be much bigger next year.

The "mother" plant is gorgeous!

I did expect the new blooms to be somewhat inferior to the "forced" big
blooms from the florist, but was nicely surprised to see these beautiful
big blooms in my garden.

griffon wrote:
So anyway I attended a funeral and only two or three flowers were
taken. Someone came up to me and told me I should take all of the
other flowers because nobody wanted them and they would leave them at
the cemetary to be thrown away or whatever. Among them were a bunch
of the big-bloomed mums. I know nothing about these - are they like
the fancy pottle cyclamens, indoor-only plants, or can I plant these
outside with all of the "normal" mums?