why do you want to know ... dreaming about the same pot this year??

did the plant winter over ... can you take cuttings??? .... they root in minutes ...

ken

Now I want one. :)

Maybe Ken. Do you know what it is? I do like the way the mum and nasturtium compliment each other. It was serendipitous. The mum may have overwintered. Last I saw it was in my mom’s garage a few months ago - it was definitely alive. I didn’t think to stick it in the ground. If it survives the winter, I’ll plant it.

Virtually every year the fall landscaping for my apartment building includes the same boring mums that are ubiquitous throughout the city. This mum seems much more interesting. I’m hoping it’s hardy enough (and carefree enough) for use in urban settings. If so, I was going to recommend it for our landscaping. I assume this mum isn’t uncommon (after all I found it in the supermarket) but I don’t recall having seen it around. (I don’t think cuttings would be practical.)

Fori, the nasturtium is Phoenix, well past it’s prime.

Any of these? I was thinking maybe Miranda Orange?

orange mums

Thanks olychick. They’re similar, but I don’t know. It could be Cheryl spicy orange or golden or something else. There seem to be a couple of possibilities. My uncertainty is compounded by the fact that I never saw the plant in full bloom later in the season. Oh well.

Ken, sadly for me, our guts are in sync. I don’t really feel inclined to go down the mum rabbit hole any time soon. If my mum’s mum makes it through the winter I’ll definitely take some cuttings. BTW, the Phoenix nasturtium on its own was quite pretty. Unfortunately I don’t have a pic. I’ve developed a real fondness for nasturtium, in part, because, at least so far, the deer have ignored them. They make a nice ground cover (the deer at my mom’s eat ajuga and the upstate deer eat ajuga, pachysandra and juniper). As for my building’s landscaping, I sure there’s something similar that might be of interest to the landscape committee.

It's certainly a good mum. So many tend to the burnt end of orange (to borrow from Crayola).

Surprised that nasturtiums aren't deer food considering they're edible to us. They grow pretty much year round here and self-sow so I haven't had to personally plant any in years but maybe I'll look out for that one.

I agree, the color is nice. The nasturtium thing is a mystery to me, because they eat virtually everything else. Eventually. I guess that’s an advantage of having 4 stomachs. I have a very short list of plants the deer either ignore or that can handle being browsed and that list doesn’t include plants I have that would kill you or me. It’s nice to have something we can eat that’s not on their menu. The only plant I think they’ve never bothered are a couple of barberry shrubs I have as foundation plants.

As for the nasturtium, there must be something about the slightly peppery favor of the leaves and, if there is one, a scent that they don’t like. Or compared to whatever else is around, has less nutritional value for them. Since they taste everything and seem to constantly test formerly unpalatable plants to see if anything’s changed (or, if applicable, whether any deer netting can be breached), I assume they’ve at least sampled some nasturtium. Maybe I didn’t notice. I hate them.