The Long Island Chrysanthemum Society Inc. will present a free program, “Growing Chrysanthemums for Beginners” at 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 5 at Clark Botanic Garden at 1931 I.U. Willets Road in Albertson.
Chrysanthemums (or “mums”) are beautiful flowers which come in a wide variety of bloom types and colors.
Although known as “The Queen of Fall Flowers,” the process of growing exhibition-quality mums begins in the spring with the planting of rooted cuttings and continues through the summer and fall with lots of TLC.
The program will conclude with a tour of Clark Botanic Garden conducted by horticulturist Bonnie Klein.
Participants in this program who care to join the Long Island Chrysanthemum Society will have the opportunity to be mentored by an experienced mum grower and have access to a few “starter” plants.
For further information, go to the society’s web site, www.longislandmums.org.
Everyone knows these beautiful flowers. Many associate chrysanthemums with the cool days of late autumn – when a heavy wet fog hangs over the empty garden, when we spend less and less time in the garden. Everyone knows the pleasant sagebrush smell of chrysanthemums, the smell of autumn, the smell of the first chill. I am very interested in the history of these flowers and I found here https://krostrade.com/blog/how-cold-can-mums-tolerate/ interesting information about chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemum is a plant of short daylight hours. Flowering begins when the daylight hours are reduced to 9-10 hours. And this happens in the fall. At the same time, the necessary coolness appears for the opening of chrysanthemum flowers.