Yellow potted mums sitting on porch steps - Jena Ardell/Getty Images Chrysanthemums are a fall favorite for porches and gardens, and it's easy to see why. These vividly colored plants can tolerate ...

Pick healthy mums early in the season—choose plants with tight buds, not full blooms. Decide between hardy mums for perennials or florist mums for one-time fall color. Give mums six hours of sun, ...

It seems that everywhere you look in October you see chrysanthemums blooming. Widely available and relatively inexpensive, they are almost indispensable for providing quick color to the fall landscape ...

Fall chrysanthemums, or “mums,” are a seasonal favorite that brings vibrant color to porches, patios and landscapes each year. Their colorful blooms range from sunny yellow and crisp white to autumn ...

With summer heat swapping hands with chilly weather, green leaves donning bronze overcoats, apples becoming ripe for pickings, and migratory birds readying to fly offshore, you know 'tis the season of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Trees covered in fiery leaves aren't the only plants that command attention once falls rolls in. As far ...

As the sweltering heat of summer fades and the crisp air of fall begins to settle in, porches across America — especially in the South and places like East Texas — undergo a vibrant transformation.

Deadhead container mums to get more blooms and extend color into fall. Don’t prune hardy mums in fall—wait until spring for better growth. Water well, give full sun, and wait for cooler temps before ...

As beautiful as chrysanthemums, commonly shortened to mums, are in your fall garden, there is no real doubt that they can be exceptionally fussy. Most of the mums that sit about in pots on autumn ...

Chrysanthemums are hardy, herbaceous perennials that generally bloom in our area from October to December. (Katherine Frey for Washington Post ) Although temperatures are still regularly reaching the ...

Fall is a time when many gardeners look to replace summer-stressed plants with fall favorites. Chrysanthemums, asters, violas, pansies, and decorative pumpkins all make a grand appearance! But is ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- As summer flowers start to fade, vibrant mums and other cool-weather plants are taking over porches in Northeast Wisconsin, bringing the colors of fall to life. Jamie Hemenway, ...