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. ;)
Whenever my wife and I go to Lowes or Home Depot looking for plants, I hum the Jaws theme...................
Why do my perennial mums still die? Ugh!
PS I have some bare root daylillies that need planted but my flower bed is not ready. (gotta kill the weeds and start over.) Can i plant them in a large pot? Where should i store them? So many different suggestions on the net !!
I really don’t care for mums. Not sure what it is about them, but I’m always on the lookout for other fall flowering plants. So far, things in my garden that have survived the summer are mostly still looking pretty good, so I will keep these going until the first frost, if I can.