2006-09-10 11:02:52 · 7 answers · asked by Beak 49 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Yes, they can. But apply a thick mulch of everygreen boughs or bark after the first frost. Leave the dead stems and stems on over winter. Don't be so neat and tidy in your fall yard work around mums. I've actually seen winter birds enjoying the dead blossoms. A heavy snow cover is good for mums.
Another good idea is to plant your mums as early as you can before fall to get them firmly rooted before winter arrives.
2006-09-11 00:37:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in PA and some of my mums are years old. Once frost kills everything in the fall just leave them alone until spring. When it starts to warm up, prune all the dead stuff off. You should see the new growth at the bottom. I bought all mine at the supermarket when the were on sale and they are fine.
2006-09-11 03:01:07 · answer #2 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They survive our Chicago winters, so I can't imagine PA's being any harsher than here. They get really big and pretty, too after a few years. Not all of them make it, but many do.
2006-09-10 11:05:51 · answer #3 · answered by smashley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard from a garden show that you should get the korean mums or the old fasion kind. the supermaket mums don't last through the winter
2006-09-10 11:05:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend was remarking yesterday about garden mums,
hers didn`t come back the following spring.Oh,we ive in S.E.
Pa.
2006-09-10 11:11:36 · answer #5 · answered by Rich B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mulching is the key word! Also make sure you are getting the hardy mums. some stores carry mums that usually have the pretty foil on them and they are not usually hardy and will not come back.
2006-09-11 01:06:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes they do.
Not all the time.
They may come back year after year, and then they may die out.
2006-09-10 11:05:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋