Chrysanthemums in frost

[seeyouinanotherlifewhenwearebothcats]

Hi all. So cross! I’m heavily pregnant and twice yesterday evening asked DH to take my two chrysanthemum plants at front door into the porch because I feared overnight frost. Indeed he did NOT take them in (lesson learnt, just do it myself) and there HAS been frost. Are they done for? Is it too late to take them in now? Is there anything that can be done?

Similar happened to me last year, I had three in a pot together, and they got badly frosted. I just left them, and one came back in Spring and has flowers now. It's worth keeping your for a few months to see if they recover, particularly if it wasn't a hard frost. Best of luck.

I’ve brought them into porch now and they don’t look TOO bad so I’m hoping it wasn’t a hard frost. I’ll leave them in a while to heat up?

I'm not in the UK, but people have crysanthemums in their gardens here all year around, they cope with frosts. They just get cut down in winter and grow back.

@givemeasunnyday thank you. The guy at the garden centre told me not to put them in the ground where I live cos we get a lot of wind and frost. So I have them in pots and know they’ll be short lived but I was wanting to take them in at night to prolong them while the days are nice and sunny.

Well that's odd. As I said I'm not in the UK, but we get a lot of frost and wind here and most people grow them in their gardens rather than pots

Anyway, I hope yours are okay and you get more flowers. In the ground they flower for ages over the autumn. I love them.

Thank you, OP. You reminded me to bring in a few plants, including a chrysanthemum I was given for my birthday

@givemeasunnyday thanks. I’d love have them in the ground, I do so love them in autumn too. @MereDintofPandiculation happy to be of help 😊