“Sheffield Pink mum is a tried-and-true classic — it's the one so many gardeners reach for when they want a hardy mum that actually comes back year after year. Its warm pink flowers are a magnet for…”
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Plant Sheffield Pink Mum for Repeat Fall Performance
Sheffield Pink mum is a tried-and-true classic — it's the one so many gardeners reach for when they want a hardy mum that actually comes back year after year. Its warm pink flowers are a magnet for late-season bees, and they blend so nicely with other fall favorites like asters and goldenrods.
Common name: 'Sheffield Pink' mum, 'Hillside Sheffield Pink' mum
Botanical name: Chrysanthemum 'Hillside Sheffield Pink'
Flowers: Daisy-like flowers open in a warm apricot pink in early autumn and just keep going right up until frost. The blooms are long-lasting, too — they gradually fade to a soft pale pink as they age.
Foliage: Dark green with rounded lobes — classic mum leaves!
Size and habit: Nice and rounded, reaching about two to three feet tall and wide.
Growing Sheffield Pink mum
How to grow it: For the best growth and flowering, give this mum full sun and well-drained, fertile soil. Keep the moisture consistent through the growing season. If you pinch the stems back from late spring to midsummer, you'll get bushier growth and way more flowers — each branch tip produces a bloom, so more branches means more flowers! Sheffield Pink is one of the most reliable mums for coming back and thriving year after year. If it starts to lose its vigor, try dividing it in spring. USDA Zones 5–9.
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