There is a solution, short of divorce: buy potted ferns and plastic flowers; stick the plastic flowers in the fern pots, then winter the ferns in the garage where they get minimal sunlight, being sure to water them once per week. Rehang the ferns in the spring without the plastic flowers, then add the flowers in the Fall.
As someone who has sold THOUSANDS of Mums in her Garden Center Career, this is so very true!
That said, SOME Mums are Perennial, meaning if you plant them in the ground in the right location, they’ll come back from year to year.
The vast majority grown for ‘Fall Consumption’ are not, and are basically just for looks. ;)
This rings so true in my household!
Oh my gosh, this is sooooo true. But they are so pretty at the grocery store!
Reading just the headline (a grand Free Republic tradition), I was wondering why wives were killing mothers (in the UK, mum = mother)
Yep, we have ours. Also have the pumpkins, but they serve a dual purpose, the deer love them when the get soft.
My wife is on the “Do Not Honor the 7-Day Plant Return Policy” list at both Lowe’s AND Home Depot. They literally make her sign a statement at checkout agreeing to that.
This one must be funny somehow... but I don’t get it.
Year before last we planted some mums in late summer. The groundhogs ate every blossom by September.