You can almost set your annual clock to mums. It’s late August, which means that plastic pots of mums—or chrysanthemums—are starting to appear curbside in front of every nursery and hardware, grocery ...

Pick healthy mums early in the season—choose plants with tight buds, not full blooms. Decide between hardy mums for perennials or florist mums for one-time fall color. Give mums six hours of sun, ...