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Plant: Eternal Red Garden Mum
Garden Mum · Chrysanthemum × morifolium
Was $8.00
Size: 1 gal
Light
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More about this plant
Eternal Red has deep red decorative flowers with excellent color retention over dark green foliage on a strong, sturdy plant that tolerates frost and heavy fall rain. Plants grow about 14 to 24 inches tall and 20 to 36 inches wide. Plant in full sun and well-drained soil, with some afternoon shade in warmer locations; too much shade makes plants sprawl. Garden mums flower in autumn and overwinter outdoors easily in the South.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 3 ft tall and 3 ft wide
- Blooms in fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
Plant description
Eternal Red has deep red decorative flowers with excellent color retention over dark green foliage on a strong, sturdy plant that tolerates frost and heavy fall rain. Plants grow about 14 to 24 inches tall and 20 to 36 inches wide. Plant in full sun and well-drained soil, with some afternoon shade in warmer locations; too much shade makes plants sprawl. Garden mums flower in autumn and overwinter outdoors easily in the South.
- Flowers
- Flowers are deep red. Heads are dome-shaped, usually double or semidouble with many ray petals and hidden yellow disc flowers.
- Foliage
- Simple, alternate leaves, ovate to lanceolate, pinnately lobed and toothed, 3 to 6 inches long and 1 to 3 inches wide, with a grayish underside.
- Bark & stems
- Green, non-aromatic stems.
- Pruning
- Cut back or pinch back during spring and summer, with the last cut around mid-August, to encourage bushy growth and fall bloom. Divide every few years in spring.
- Native range
- Asia (China)
