Quackin Grass Nursery

Chrysanthemum 'Firechief'' - Show stopping late season scarlet-red flowers with a button yellow center on this cascading mum. The attention-demanding flowers scream, "Look at me!!" 'Firechief' is alleged to harbor exceptional hardiness for a mum with cascading habit. This does not mean that it is a doer in northern USDA hardiness zones. We have not attempted it in the ground as of yet In Connecticut so we're waxing conservatively as to its northernmost range as we are uncertain as to hardiness cut-off. We gather that it has a late bloom; with that in mind it might make a great potted plant in its northern climes - great in a sunny conservatory, a greenhouse, hanging in a cool, sunny window or modestly heated enclosed porch. Height will be variable depending upon how this cascader is used. But where definitely hardy plant 'Firechief' in fertile draining soil sited in plenty of sun. Cutting grown.

We strongly recommend spring planting in colder regions so that the plants will be well-established by the time cold weather arrives. Cut them back to a lower leaf axil by mid-July in the north, earlier farther south; doing so will result in better-branched plants on a more compact habit adorned with even more flowers at season’s end. But if you don’t, regardless, you’ll have multitudes of flowers on longer stems but possibly more decumbent plants. Plant all mums in full to part sun in fertile draining soil. Honeybees love them as this is one of the last flowering perennials to bloom in such abundance in the autumn in New England, along with some of the later asters.