Nicole Johnsey BurkeFounder of Gardenary

Your mums aren’t dead! They are just sleeping and they’ll flower again next fall#flowers #mums

25 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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Nicole Johnsey Burke explains that garden mums aren't dead after winter, just dormant. Plant them in the ground before the soil freezes, cover with leaves, and they'll sprout new growth in March or April. They won't flower in summer, but they'll bloom again in fall when daylight shortens.

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November 25, 2025.

In March or April.

When daylight hours shrink (in the fall).

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If your moms look dead, don't throw them away, because they're not dead, they're just sleeping. Moms are perennial plants, which means they can survive year after year in the garden, especially in a mild climate. So if your soil isn't frozen yet, now is a perfect time to take your mom and put it right in the garden. Cover it up with leaves or a little bit of compost, water it in. Now, you're still going to think it's dead, but trust me on this one. Wait until March or April and little green leaves are going to appear once again. Then it's going to hit summer and you're going to think, this thing isn't even a mom. There's no flowers. But that's because moms only bloom when the daylight hours shrink. So when fall comes back again next year, your mom will be blooming and you'll never have to buy a mom from the store again.

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