Mid-Atlantic Gardening: August Blooms part two, into Sept possibly, 0 by ladygardener1

ladygardener1 wrote:
I have had some success with mums lasting for years, I think it depends on the mum itself some are more hardy then others. I have one lavender colored one that has come up for many years, I had given a piece of it to a co-worker and she had success with it to.
I have also bought ones from Bluestone in the spring, figuring they were grown closer to my area and more hardy, those have been growing for several years also.
I think that a good mulching or snow covering in winter helps, the ones next to my drive way gets the snow covering from the snow blower all winter. However the lavender one in right up next to the east foundation of the house so might be in a micro climate.
Very seldom do I buy the big baskets or pots of mums in the fall, unless I see one of those "must have that one" for color, I don't think they have enought time to get their roots established in the garden for winter.
The purple and bronze one have been growing there for about 4 years, the bronze one is a cutting I took from a Bluestone one I have in an other area of the garden.