About half of my annuals froze last week when the overnight temperature dipped below freezing, but the frost-resistant hardy perennial mum ‘MinnRuby’ wasn’t affected at all.
This tough plant has grown on the top of a wall on the north side of my house for more than 15 years now, and I’ve never divided it.
The plants grow 24 inches tall with dark-red flowers.
One of the garden center fall mums I bought in August also survived the hard frost:
But when I saw the forecast I didn’t take any chances with my tri-colored monster mum.
Until it’s done blooming it will now spending the rest of fall on our protected screen porch.
