Comments on: learning to love another mum: ’sheffield pink’

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:25:00 +0000

Welcome, Joshua. I am glad for the comparison of the two from your first-hand account, thank you; I love how you describe “Sheffield’s softer side,” too. Hope to see you again here soon; don’t be a stranger.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:19:31 +0000

I have both Sheffield and Clara Curtis in my garden here in CT. The Sheffield is always the last of the mums to bloom, and it starts a beautiful apricot here fading to almost white. I actually prefer it to Clara, as for me it is less invasive (Clara spreads like wildfire and if not pinched consistantly, blooms in July for me), and the foliage is probably the best I have seen for mums. With all the vibrant colors of the fall season, I would not be without Sheffield’s softer side!

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:32:30 +0000

I grow 2 hardy mum’s 1- Venus and 2- Mei Kyo. Both are hardy in my zone 5b garden (Pittsburgh PA). Venus is so pretty, and the last flower to bloom in my garden. It’s been flowering all of October and will continue until we get a really hard frost. Mei Kyo is “dwarf” compared to most mums. I’ve given divisions to many friends, and from a little 2 inch plug (from Andre Viette nursery- a “freebie” thrown in with my plant order years ago) it makes a great ground cover for sunny and somewhat dry area. Here’s a great link to a Fine Gardening article on hardy mums. http://www.finegardening.com/plants/articles/not-your-average-mums.aspx

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:18:51 +0000

Welcome, Janet, with tales of so many beautiful plants; a pretty picture you paint indeed. I am going off now to look up ‘Gethsamane Moonlight,’ and I will blame you if another mum is in my future. :) See you soon, I hope.

By: janet

janet — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:32:21 +0000

Sheffield is a beaut– and Will is far from bashful, but I think my favorite “mum” currently is ‘Gethesamane Moonlight’– single daisies bathed in the most luscious pale yellow that seems to glow from some inner light. it is just gorgeous … and just starting to bloom for me in Washington. lovely next to the royal blue of Salvia guaranitica and Helianthus salicifolius ‘Mellow Yellow’….throw in Oxydendron arboreum’s brilliant red foliage and ….well, it doesn’t get much better!