Once you learn how to grow chrysanthemums, you can have beautiful mums that last longer than store-bought ones.

Mums are aware of summer's progress No matter how you pinch-prune mums, keep in mind that these plants form flower buds in response to shortening days and cooler temperatures.

How to Prune Mums If you're growing mums as a perennial, wait until after they have finished blooming in the fall and the foliage has gone completely dormant to prune them.

Now is a great time to assess your gardens, pull what isn't working, and start replanting fall vegetables and fall and winter ...

When growing mums, control of both flowering and height is accomplished with a type of pruning called pinching. Pinching, very simply, is the removal of the growing tips and about 2 to 3 inches of ...

As summer gardens begin to fade, these autumn bloomers offer a splash of color — perfect for reviving landscapes or patios ...

Pruning after mid-July may keep your mums from blooming until so late in the fall that you hardly get time to enjoy them before frost kills the blooms.

Although temperatures are still regularly reaching the 80s, nurseries are full of chrysanthemums, pumpkins, gourds and crotons used in fall decorating.

Pruning of roses is best done in early spring after winter's long, cold periods are finished, but before new growth begins because fall pruning of roses can lead to increased branch dieback.

There are a few plants you shouldn't cut back in the fall—you'll risk the plant's health. Here are some you should definitely leave alone.