You should feed chrysanthemums monthly from May until July when the flower buds set. You can use either a granular application of 6-2-4 or a soluble 15=15-15.
Save your Miracid for acid loving plants like azaleas, rhododendrons, blueberries, strawberries and heathers. They need a PH of 5.5. Chrysanthemums only need PH 6.5.
Fuji chrysanthemums and spider chrysanthemums are the same flower. The botanic name is Dendranthema x grandiflorium.
Too much salt can kill plants including chrysanthemums.
Chrysanthemums will live outdoors in your garden, provided: -you live where it's warm all year, OR -you stick to 'garden' (or 'hardy') chrysanthemums that you buy at your local garden store. Their stock is tailored to your local conditions. The 'florist' (or 'exhibition') chrysanthemums are specially bred for beauty, not hardiness. They need special care, such as staking, and can't take cold winters. Some folks in West Texas say their weather varies from the low teens in winter to near one hundred degrees in the summer. They have chrysanthemum plants that they bought locally and planted outdoors three years ago and they keep coming back every year.
The chrysanthemums that florists use are annuals. However there are perennial chrysanthemums and as long as they are not planted too late in the year to develop a good root structure, they will survive the winter and bloom again.
You could transplant any time after there is no danger of frost.
Chrysanthemums need sunlight. They can tolerate some shade.
It is a good idea to use aged manure or compost when planting chrysanthemums.
If you want your chrysanthemums to survive winter, you need to plant them in spring.
Chrysanthemums need a lot of light, at least 4 to 6 hours a day. They bloom in the fall when there is less light than the summer. It is important to keep chrysanthemums away from street lights that will affect their bloom time.
Yes, you should dead-head your chrysanthemums in the warmer seasons, and mulch them.
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You need to pinch your chrysanthemums back before July 4 to make them bushy.
Chrysanthemums need water so they have to be watered in droughts. If it is too wet, they can get fungal diseases. They can get aphids, spider mites and leaf miners. New cuttings can get bacterial infections. And chrysanthemums are toxic to children and pets.
Save your Miracid for acid loving plants like azaleas, rhododendrons, blueberries, strawberries and heathers. They need a PH of 5.5. Chrysanthemums only need PH 6.5.
Chrysanthemums do not have thorns.
chrysanthemums have yellow and red