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Plant: Paintbox Purple Garden Mum
Garden Mum · Chrysanthemum × morifolium
Size: 7 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
Paintbox Purple is a bright, saturated deep pink with very good color retention, with large, well-petalled 2 inch flowers on an excellent spherical habit. Plants grow about 15 to 20 inches tall. 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 summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
Plant description
Paintbox Purple is a bright, saturated deep pink with very good color retention, with large, well-petalled 2 inch flowers on an excellent spherical habit. Plants grow about 15 to 20 inches tall. 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 pink, well-petalled, about 2 inches across. 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)
