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anthemums, or mums, are well-loved for their bright, long- lasting blossoms.For many people, mums are as much a part of autumn as football, apple cider and pumpkin pie.According to Country Living, most garden mums are hardy in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
In many parts of the country, chrysanthemums are the November birth month flower, and they bloom in November.There are different types of mums that bloom throughout the growing season.
According to the University of California Davis Cooperative Extension, chrysanthemums were grown in Japan during the eighth century and appeared on the emperor's crest.In China, mummies were grown as an herb.
The flower was given the name "chysanthemum" in the 17th century, which is Greek for "golden flower."There are at least 160 different types of mums.
Three of the earlier-blooming mums are the painted daisy, the shasta daisy and the chrysanthemum parthenium.Shasta daisies bloom in the spring and summer.
The daisies bloom from early summer into fall.It blooms from midsummer through the fall in USDA zones 5 to 7.