Korean mums
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Very special but unassumingly so. Brenda S. gave me a clump several years ago. "You will love them: hardy, soft peach star-petals, relaxed form, drought-hardy. Trust me." She is right.
More daisy than mum, this plant blooms for nearly two months. It looks nothing like classic mums: those mufti tuffets that look best in a pot on the porch. I have one now that is two shades of pale raspberry with straw centers. The light color stands out against the red brick. A white Cape house can foil those deep russets and purpled burgundies.
Back to the Koreans: these mums may not be Chrysanthemums at all. But the jury is still out on this. I think I have Sheffield or Sheffield Pink. These mums are luminous in the dark afternoons of rain.
Dendranthema rubellum
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Those mums are wonderful - what zones do they grow in, I think I am 5a on the US zone chart.
Zone 4 through 9; these are hardy mums and should be fine for you. i wish I could give you a clump.