READ: Hardy Mums & Other Autumn Garden Oddities (Landscape Ontario)
Our gardens are full of wonderful plants that give us such joy – but every so often those same gardens yield a ‘what is that’ moments – and some of our plant ‘common’ names are to blame for those head scratching moments. …
Now is that time we see great use of fall colour with ‘Hardy Mums’ or ‘Garden Mums’ in displays in patio pots and landscape beds. Amazing fall themed colours with reds, purples, oranges and yellows all screaming attention.
We love this plant – and get frustrated by its many and often confusing names. … A few decades ago they started messing with our poor ‘Mums’ and we saw the formal name change from Chrysanthemum morifolium to Dendranthema morifolium and then – we assume after much angst - they changed the name back to Chrysanthemum! Cue the cheering – we can still call them ‘Mums’!!
But wait there’s more!