27 Hardy Mum Varieties for Your Fall Garden

Nothing says fall is right here like an array of brightly coloured chrysanthemums within the backyard or strategically positioned pots on the entrance porch. Right here within the South, we love our mums mingled with multi-colored pumpkins or beautiful winter squash adorning the porch steps. No matter your chosen palette, there’s a hardy mum selection to go along with your backyard’s fall look.

Containers overflowing with these fantastic autumn favorites carry huge pops of colour with their bountiful blooms. There’s a mum that may complement the decor model of each residence and backyard.

Strive pairing your mums with decorative grasses for a enjoyable texture with a harvest really feel, or mix them with a beautiful kale for a candy cottage backyard vibe. ‘Dwarf Blue’ curled kale provides a reasonably distinction and a shocking texture that appears superb along with your warm-colored mums. 

Not all mums are cold-hardy, so it’s important to decide on your vegetation rigorously if you wish to plant them within the floor and see them return subsequent yr. Chrysanthemums from the florist are usually annuals, with bigger flowers and thinner petals. Whereas some hardy mums have these fantastic giant blooms, most produce smaller flowers however in a a lot better amount.

Hardy mums can survive year-round in local weather Zones 4-9, making them very versatile and chilly hardy perennials. Let’s have a look at a few of my favourite varieties for bringing glorious colour to your fall backyard. 

Bienchen

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Bienchen’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 3’
	hardiness zones 4-9

Foliage is a focus for this engaging selection. Small, fernlike leaves are very toothy in a brilliant lime inexperienced shade. The identify ‘Bienchen’ comes from the German for ‘little bee,’ a really becoming identify for the beautiful plant. 

Clusters of small pompom kind flowers high off tall stems, making this a fantastic selection for reducing. With an extended vase life, chrysanthemums make glorious minimize flowers. The blooms are brilliant yellow with a bronze middle, as cheerful as may be. 

Brennpunkt

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Brennpunkt’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 3’
	hardiness zones 4-9

Its identify interprets to ‘focus,’ and ‘Brennpunkt’ will definitely take that spot in your backyard. The extremely aromatic flowers make this cultivar a good specimen for conserving in a container close to your outside residing area. 

Darkish inexperienced, toothy foliage set the backdrop for these beautiful blooms. Absolutely double-petaled, the deep orange-red blooms have only a contact of yellow. The coloration has depth and accentuates the feel of the small, dense petals. 

Bronze Magnificence

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Bronze Magnificence’
	solar necessities Full solar to partial shade
	top 2’-3’
	hardiness zones 4-9

‘Bronze Magnificence’ is bred from the Korean cultivar ‘Mei-Kyo,’ a pink selection. The dense foliage is a deep, wealthy, olive inexperienced shade on this mid-sized selection. They don’t want as a lot solar as different varieties, which makes them glorious for the entrance porch or your shade backyard. 

The lots of pompom blooms are a hanging mixture of colours. Shades of pink and yellow are edged with a deep coppery bronze, which is concentrated towards the middle of the flowers. The flowers are small however plentiful and bloom by means of November. 

Coppersmith

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Coppersmith’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 2’-3’
	hardiness zones 5-9

Nurture this plant, and it’ll reward you with a good looking floral show for six to eight weeks within the fall. Coppersmith is a mid-sized plant with larger-sized flowers which might be nice for reducing. 

The cushion-style flowers are closely petaled and boldly coloured. Coppery orange makes a hanging distinction to brilliant inexperienced foliage and pairs fantastically with pale inexperienced pumpkins or gourds for a festive fall association. 

Coup de Soleil

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Coup de Soleil’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 2’
	hardiness zones 5-9

The identify interprets to ‘contact of solar,’ and it’s not arduous to see why. This attractive selection appears each bit as sun-kissed as you’ll think about. The blooms are someplace between spoon kind and anemone, with sensible yellow facilities and rows of slender creamsicle orange petals. 

This French cultivar involves us from nurseryman Thierry Delabroye and is a mid-sized plant, reaching about two toes tall. The flowers are small and plentiful, like so many little rays of sunshine. 

Debutante

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Debutante’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 1.5’-3’
	hardiness zones 5-9

Like a real debutante, this mum makes her first look fashionably late. You’ll anticipate the arrival of those late fall bloomers much more for his or her behavior of ready for the cool climate earlier than exhibiting off within the backyard. 

‘Debutante’ is a mid-sized plant with brilliant inexperienced, toothy foliage. When the flowers lastly grace the backyard with their look, it’s with nice fanfare. Giant, incurve-type blooms are a daring, brilliant shade of fuschia with only a trace of yellow peeking out from the middle when absolutely opened. 

Dernier Soleil

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Dernier Soleil’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 2’-3’
	hardiness zones 4-9

The identify of this outdated French cultivar means ‘final sundown.’ Maybe this identify implies, because the flower reveals, a really lengthy blooming time. Starting in August, ‘Dernier Soleil’ will bloom heartily till the primary frost. 

The long-lasting blooms are good for reducing. They’ve a daisy kind with a sunny yellow middle. The petals have an ombre impact, fading from pale yellow towards the middle to heat, reddish-orange on the ideas. Plant this selection for full-season colour within the backyard. 

Dixter Orange

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Dixter Orange’
	solar necessities Full solar to partial shade
	top 1.5’-2.5’
	hardiness zones 3-9

Exceptionally floriferous and chilly hardy, ‘Dixter Orange’ is one among few varieties that may survive the winters in Zone 3, making this a extremely fascinating plant. The toothy foliage is deep inexperienced with a gray underside on this low, shrubby chrysanthemum. 

The phrase sensible doesn’t do justice to this cultivar’s brilliant, tangerine-orange double blooms. They’re so brilliant and cheerful that you’ll want they flowered all yr lengthy. The flowers are a uniform colour and double pompom-shaped. A grouping of those makes an extremely stunning low hedge or drift. 

Fall Allure

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Fall Allure’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 2’-3’
	hardiness zones 5-9

Huge and daring, the flowers on this cultivar have all of the attraction and charm you need in your fall backyard. Fortunately, they’re a long-blooming selection and can showcase all through the autumn till the primary frost. The plant is mid-sized at two to 3 toes tall. 

‘Fall Allure’ produces giant, incurve sort flowers which might be glorious for reducing. The mass of slender petals is purple towards the surface, with only a contact of creamy yellow-orange across the edges. The yellow shade turns into extra concentrated close to the middle of the densely petaled blooms. 

Granatapfel

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Granatapfel’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 2’
	hardiness zones 4-9

This contemporary hybrid is rumored to be extremely cold-hardy, however plant at your personal danger as this newer selection hasn’t been examined completely. With a reputation which means ‘pomegranate,’ the colour of those spectacular flowers must be a useless giveaway.

The petal kind is just like the large irregular incurve varieties which might be usually annuals. ‘Granatapfel’s’ brilliant crimson petals have golden margins and irregularly curve inward towards the middle. It is a beautiful addition to the autumn backyard. 

Grandchild

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Grandchild’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 1’-2’
	hardiness zones 4-9

‘Grandchild’ is an award-winning compact number of mum. Given the celebrated Award of Backyard Benefit from the Royal Horticultural Society, you’ll be able to assure that this chrysanthemum might be straightforward on the eyes. 

Although the identify implies a smallness, nothing is small concerning the beautiful incurve blooms on this selection. Clocking in at 3”-5” vast, these grandbabies make fantastic minimize flowers, and the dense shrubby vegetation look superb in a container or mattress.  The flowers are lavender-pink, with deeper colour towards the middle, the place the petals are denser. 

Grape Queen

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Grape Queen’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 3’+
	hardiness zones 5-9

This tall, stately queen is on the extent with annual florist varieties in flower measurement and flash. Giant football-style flowers will steal the present in your backyard or Thanksgiving centerpiece. These flowers look fabulous in a vase. 

You possibly can in all probability guess the colour of those flowers. The lots of lengthy, skinny petals are as purple because the juiciest grape. The middle fades to a pale yellow, including depth to those already beautiful blooms. You received’t need to go away these fairly flowers open air.

Concord

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Concord’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 1’-2’
	hardiness zones 5-9

It’s superb to me that this is identical sort of plant because the earlier one, because the flowers are utterly totally different in kind and colour. Chrysanthemums have so many stunning petal kinds, and ‘Concord’ is the best. 

Compact ‘Concord’ is a smaller plant, good for smaller containers and enormous groupings. It has a bushy progress behavior and may be very straightforward to take care of. This pretty selection lives as much as its identify as very straightforward to get together with. The flowers are daisy kind, with a single row of blissful yellow petals and a pollen-rich middle that bees will love. 

Homecoming

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Homecoming’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 3’+
	hardiness zones 5-9

This pretty chrysanthemum is the true belle of the ball. The big, statuesque plant can high over three toes tall and produces flowers that rival essentially the most beautiful florist mums you should buy. Aptly named ‘Homecoming,’ this mum produces giant, football-style flowers.

The blooms are a surprising measurement and petal formation with layers and layers of slender petals which might be pale yellow on the surface and a beautiful shade of peachy pink inside. These flowers would make a surprising corsage for that homecoming dance in September!

Honeycomb

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Honeycomb’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 8”-16”
	hardiness zones 5-9

This diminutive mum makes a fantastic filler in your fall container preparations. Their compact measurement and profuse blooming behavior imply you’ll be able to pack quite a lot of colour right into a small area with “Honeycomb.’ When you’ve got a bigger area to fill, a drift of ‘Honeycomb’ is simply what the physician ordered. 

This sturdy little plant spends a lot of the autumn densely lined in button-sized, pompom-petaled blooms. The colour of those blooms is a wealthy amber-orange, the colour of autumn honey. Because the petals get smaller and denser towards the middle, the colour deepens, giving these blooms quite a lot of depth in such a small package deal. 

Jessica Louise

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Jessica Louise’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 2’-3’
	hardiness zones 5-9

With so many stunning mums, it’s tough to decide on a favourite, however ‘Jessica Lousie’ sits fairly excessive on the checklist. The medium-sized plant reaches two and three toes tall and has surprisingly giant flowers. As such, these blooms make fantastic minimize flowers. 

The flowers are someplace between a soccer mum and a reflex petal kind. They’re merely stunning with layers of rose pink petals. Within the middle, a heat golden glow emanates from uncovered pollen, making these chrysanthemums widespread with fall pollinators. 

Jolie Rose

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Jolie Rose’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 2’
	hardiness zones 5-9

Neat and tidy, this beautiful mum appears nice and matches all over the place. It makes a superb filler for container preparations, and a mass planting of this blissful little plant is solely beautiful. It holds its flowers for a very long time, blooming till the primary frost. 

‘Jolie Rose’ certainly has rose pink flowers. The semi-double flowers have a nice, spherical, flat disc form, with a brilliant yellow middle bordered by a hoop of white on the base of the petals. The uncovered middle of those blooms makes them extremely interesting to pollinators who will respect the autumn meals supply. 

Lemon Child Tears

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Lemon Child Tears’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 16”-24”
	hardiness zones 5-9

Small in measurement however massive in colour, ‘Lemon Child Tears’ delivers a basketful of sunshine to the autumn backyard. The vegetation are small to midsized and have a mounding progress behavior. Straightforward to take care of and long-blooming, this selection is widespread for good purpose.

‘Lemon Child Tears’ would possibly carry tears to your eyes, however they are going to be tears of pleasure. The mass of small, yellow, button-style flowers are the brightest of yellows. Sometimes called bushel basket mums, a bushel of those chrysanthemums will brighten up the greyest of autumn days. 

Overture

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Overture’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 1’-2’
	hardiness zones 5-9

“Overture’ is a compact selection with a mounding behavior and wealthy colour. The foliage is brilliant inexperienced and fewer dense than some mums, giving it a extra delicate look. The plant, nevertheless, is sort of sturdy and cold-tolerant. Wider than it’s tall, this mum has nice protection potential if you wish to fill in area with a heavy bloomer. 

 ‘Overture’s’ flowers are single-form and daisy-like. A crown of daring crimson petals surrounds a brilliant yellow buttonlike middle. As they age, these petals fade to a surprising terracotta, creating an exquisite, multi-tonal impact. Its small measurement makes ‘Overture’ an ideal border plant. 

Pat Lehman

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Pat Lehman’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 16”
	hardiness zones 5-9

Peachy perfection is the easiest way I can describe this beautiful mum. Bred by chrysanthemum fanatic Pat Lehman, this attractive cultivar takes the identify of its cultivator. This extremely widespread selection opens its ornamental kind flowers in late summer season and early fall. 

The flowers are bigger for a hardy mum, and the colour is spectacular. Pale salmon buds open to creamy peach facilities that fade as they age, creating a surprising impact within the backyard. The foliage is a fantastic distinction in brilliant inexperienced.

Pink Crest

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Pink Crest’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 18”-3’
	hardiness zones 4-9

This mid-sized mum is a superb standalone with the loveliest character. The bigger measurement ‘Pink Crest’s’ blooms make them glorious minimize flowers. This lengthy bloomer gives dependable, low-maintenance colour within the backyard from early to late fall. 

‘Pink Crest’ produces giant flowers with a petal kind that leans between reflexed and double-petaled. The petals are plentiful and the prettiest shade of rose pink. When absolutely opened, the flowers have a heat yellow middle, an excellent attractant for pollinators. 

Actual Charmer

	botanical identify Leucanthemum ‘Actual Charmer’
	solar necessities Full solar to partial shade
	top 1’-2’
	hardiness zones 5-9

The one entry on our checklist to come back from a distinct genus, ‘Actual Charmer’ was as soon as categorized as a chrysanthemum however has been reassigned to a distinct group of mums, Leucanthemum. 

Also called Shasta Daisies, these vegetation look very related, however the flowers are extra daisy-shaped. They resemble the double kind however with a reflexed outer ring and shorter, extra irregular petals towards the middle. 

The outer petals on ‘Actual Charmer’ are a pale, creamy yellow, virtually white. They’re longer and open outward. The smaller internal petals are a stronger buttery yellow and encompass a deep yellow-orange middle. They’re pretty giant and make nice minimize flowers.

Rhumba

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Rhumba’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 1’-2’
	hardiness zones 5-9

This gorgeous mum is definite to bounce its method into your coronary heart. ‘Rhumba’ is a small to medium-sized solar lover with a compact, mounding behavior. It makes an excellent border or container plant. As a colourful and low-maintenance addition to the autumn panorama, ‘Rhumba’ is a basic backyard mum.

‘Rhumba’ flowers closely, producing a bounty of coral-colored blooms in double-petal kind. The daisy-like blooms have golden facilities, and the flower petals fade as they age, creating a wide range of shades on the identical plant. 

Rumpelstilzchen

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Rumpelstilzchen’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 2’
	hardiness zones 5-9

A flower as memorable because the identify, this fairytale of a flower glows with trademark gold as if lit from inside. The daring crimson flowers have a double petal kind, with a number of rows of ovate petals barely pointed on the ideas. 

‘Rumpelstilzchen’ is sort of an enormous identify to dwell as much as, and this small plant does a surprisingly good job. The German cultivar has loads of flash and makes an exquisite border. Its sturdy stems make these glorious minimize flowers as effectively. 

Ruth Treff

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Ruth Treff’
	solar necessities Full solar to partial shade
	top 1.5’-2’
	hardiness zones 5-9

‘Ruth Treff’ is an early blooming selection that begins flowering in August and continues by means of October. It’s a compact plant that performs excellently in partial shade, making it nice for entrance porch container preparations. 

This early bloomer produces buttery yellow flowers with often single however generally double petal kinds, strongly resembling a daisy. Golden facilities dotted with pollen are engaging to pollinators. ‘Ruth Treff’ is an enormous bloomer, bringing colour to the top of summer season.

Samba

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Samba’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 1’-2’
	hardiness zones 5-9

‘Samba’ is one other pretty mum that begins blooming early in August and continues by means of the autumn months. The phrase romance is ceaselessly used to explain the mass of soppy, rosy pink flowers that cowl the plant for months. 

The flowers are pink with yellow facilities and resemble daisies. They’ve an open bloom with lengthy, skinny petals. When in flower, there may be hardly ever any foliage seen. That is an glorious bloomer that appears unbelievable in a big grouping.

Siena Bronze

	botanical identify Chrysanthemum ‘Siena Bronze’
	solar necessities Full solar
	top 2’-3’
	hardiness zones 5-9

Our ultimate selection is a basic, dependable, and low-maintenance backyard mum. ‘Siena Bronze’ is a medium to tall cultivar that blooms prolifically, making it a wonderfully showy addition to the backyard. You possibly can’t go mistaken with this selection as a standalone or in an association. 

The absolutely double-petaled flowers are pumpkin orange and so brilliant they appear backlit. Nearer to the middle, the petals are a deeper shade of bronze, giving the flowers a cushion-like look.

Last Ideas

Get pleasure from your beautiful mums within the backyard or containers this fall, however don’t overlook to place them within the floor at the least six weeks earlier than your first anticipated frost. This can give them the possibility to change into correctly rooted earlier than winter comes. You possibly can get pleasure from these beautiful hardy chrysanthemums yr after yr within the backyard.