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Mum? ID please.

L Clark (zone 4 WY)

2 years ago

Any ideas on what variety this is? thanks

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Marie Tulin

2 years ago

last modified: 2 years ago

Did she buy it this season. ? If so, best bet is ask where and go pick one up. See if she still has the tag and do an internet search.

There's a good chance it's a non-hardy, fertilizer fed and daylight adjusted plant. There are hundreds of thousands if not millions of seasonal disposable mums grown for the fall market.

Having its name may not help you find one. If by some chance it is a named truly perennial variety and you find it on a nursery website what you will get will not look like that, You'll get a small "start" to plant now and grow on next year. It might or might not reach flowering size . "Home grown" mums never quite have the uniform shape of mass produced ones. which get regularly scheduled fertilizer, uniform artificial light and protection from the vagaries of nature, such as insects, drought and thunderstorms,

This does not look to me like a true perennial mum that on-line nurseries sell or one of several that bricks and mortar nurseries carry in their perennial sections. Those are also mums but really a different animal than the mass produced ones, Many gardeners love their relaxed form and autumn-worthy colors. (I'm can't address another market: mums for hobbyists)

So go ask the neighbor, I hope there's one left for you and that you get a lot pleasure from it, It is pretty!

Marie

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L Clark (zone 4 WY)
Original Author
2 years ago
L Clark (zone 4 WY)
Original Author
2 years ago
Is this one of the 'Mammoth Mum' series?
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
idk ... but i wonder why you want to know ...

do you know if they are hardy in your area??? .. will they winter over???

back in the day.. i found a place that sold rooted cuttings for a buck or two each .... so.. you know.. i had to order 50 of them.. lol ...

come to find out... most were not hardy in my z5 MI ... i mean.. i knew that from the catalog ... but for a buck.. i enjoyed them as annuals anyway ...

my point being.. many bigbox offerings may not be hardy in your z4 ... so why does the name matter unless you want to try seed growing next spring ...

ken

ps: i suppose calling it the burnt candy peanut one wont help .. lol ...

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffcm&q=burnt+candy+peanut&iax=images&ia=images

go figure... lol

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=chrysanthemum+burnt+peanut+flower+color&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
L Clark (zone 4 WY) thanked ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
L Clark (zone 4 WY)
Original Author
2 years ago
This is my neighbor's. I want to know because I want one!
debbiecz3
2 years ago

Here are photos of my Mammoth “Red Daisy” Mum just taken here in my zone 3 garden in Manitoba, Canada if that helps. They are very hardy; have had mine since 2019. Lots of buds still to open. A little later to begin blooming than the Morden series which were developed here and are wonderful for colder climates that have a shorter season.
L Clark (zone 4 WY) thanked debbiecz3
L Clark (zone 4 WY)
Original Author
2 years ago
I didn’t get a chance to speak with my neighbor. i believe this is a plant that has been there for multiple seasons, but I would actually have to confirm this with them. I will follow up.

Isn’t it glorious, though?

Debbiecz3, good info about the red mammoth mum. I am happy to hear they are very hardy. yours looks great. The flowers do look quite similar to the one I posted
L Clark (zone 4 WY)
Original Author
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Talked to her today. she said it’s a Mammoth Red Daisy mum. it was planted this spring
Marie Tulin
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
I eat my too many words! I'm glad it's available. There are other mammoth mums, so you can start a collection. Or ask her for a few sprigs and you can have multiple plants around the garden. You know, the "repeat the plant" principle. in garden design.

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