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  • The Basics Of How To Care For Mums

    Chrysanthemums bloom in all their beauty among the cozy, golden colors of autumn. Growing in different varieties and sizes, they add touches of colors to the season of Trick-or-Treats and falling leaves. This makes this flower a staple gift for loved ones. But when you find yourself with one and without a single knowledge of how to care for mums, you're probably thinking how in the plant world can you get yourself to keep even one bud alive?

  • Knowing How To Care For Mums Can Reap You Benefits

    Chrysanthemums are probably the last flowers you'll see when the coldness of the fall season settles in and wipes away summer's natural floral display. During autumn, many plant-owners take the opportunity to adorn their houses with an array of yellows, whites, reds, pinks, purples and oranges – courtesy of these vibrant flowers that, even with the most basic knowledge of how to care for mums, can probably last well beyond Thanksgiving.

  • How To Care For Mums: Spelling Out The Facts

    Chrysanthemums have a rich history and even deeper symbolisms than just being mere decorations and gifts. There are a lot of interesting facts worth knowing about these simple flowers - more than meets the eye. And to add more to your knowledge, other than the basics of how to care for mums, I've spelled out – literally – some of the more interesting trivia about these “golden flowers.”

  • How To Care For Mums: Some Handy Tips

    It doesn't take a genius to figure out how to grow chrysanthemum – it is actually easy as pie. But this doesn't necessarily mean that it will be as effortless as just spreading seeds on the soil bed, or worse, just sticking some cut out stems in. These are definitely not good ways of how to care for mums. Mums need sun, well-drained soil and a little trimming or “pinching” once in a while. Of course, it doesn't hurt if you give them a little extra, like fertilizer and some effective bug-busters.

  • How To Care For Mums? Consider These Factors

    Mums are one of the most common symbols of autumn. Even if they're in different shades, sizes and shapes, it's not hard to miss them. They are found in most homes among the decorations for Halloween, Thanksgiving or for practically any Fall occasion. And with the symbolisms and rich history attached to these flowers it is not surprising for people like the Japanese to show the ultimate way of how to care for mums: treating them like royalty.

  • How To Care For Mums Against The Attack Of The Killer Pests

    It is natural for little critters to feed on plants since they are hardwired to do that. But when they begin to attack the mums that you took time and sweat to grow, they turn into pests. When this happens, it is high time for you to do something about them before pests eat up your newly planted pom pom chrysanthemums. Here are some common pests and the ways of how to care for mums and protect them.

  • A Diary On How To Care For Mums By Inca The Mum (October-March Entries)

    If you're reading this, you are snooping around my soil and reading my diary. Didn't you see the “Inca's Diary: Off Limits” on the front cover? You people are sure snoopy, you don't know how to care for mums' feelings. But then again, I can't really make you drop this thing now can I? Oh dear, fine, read along. Just don't go spilling my secrets to anybody, okay?

  • A Diary On How To Care For Mums By Inca The Mum (April-September Entries)

    Oh you're still reading along. Nothing much happened over the month of March anyway. Like I said, Mrs. Sanders is really a pro when it comes to Chrysanthemum care. She does know the ropes of how to care for mums.

  • A Beginner's Guide On How To Care For Mums

    Growing chrysanthemums is a form of art – it takes a mixture of different elements or factors: heat, cold, shapes, colors – everything just to form a majestic natural art that makes the bleak fall landscape its canvas. Having these mums around does not only rely on knowing how to care for mums – although this important – but actually appreciating them for their beauty, usefulness and rich history.

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