Chrysanthemum growing is a fun hobby, even if you just learn to take a few cuttings from last year’s plants to put in your yard for the fall riot of color. Or you can up your game and learn to grow exhibition mums and and enter them at our fall show, the largest mum show in America.
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During COVID we are holding monthly 90 minute zoom meetings @ 10 AM the second Saturday of the month. We begin each meeting with a cultural discussion which is followed by coffee & cookies and then a brief nuts & bolts business meeting. Keep updated on our meeting time and location in the About ECA tab above and come join us to see how you can grow some of the plants shown below.
We are a 501C3 non profit Gardening Club and raise most of our funds through a public plant sale in April of each year. We have a Garden Tour & Picnic in August, our mum show the last weekend in October and our awards banquet in November.
Most of our members grow “Connie” every year
#1 by jennifer raifteiri-mcardle on December 10, 2015 - 11:33 am
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Good day, I have been searching for ages to find some chrysanthemum seeds. I am in the central interior of BC and having no luck contacting Canadian clubs (they just don’t respond). My dad grew chrysanthemums when I was a kid, and on a trip to Toronto recently they were featured in a conservatory and I fell in love with them. Do you know any place I can get the ‘big head’ ones? I’m not interested in the smaller daisy looking ones. Thanks!!
#2 by Liwaikuen on June 3, 2016 - 10:24 am
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Where can I get plant to start I don,t have any I just like the Chinese one
#3 by Sarah Ashley Richardson on June 27, 2016 - 1:14 pm
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I am someone who wants once again, after not growing chrysanthemums for years and several houses later, to purchase some starter plants.
I do not want to cultivate the large showy plants but would like some good indoor cut flowers. Is it too late to plant for this season? Thanks for any help you can give me.
#4 by Steve Bean on March 5, 2017 - 8:13 am
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WHen and where is your Plant Sale in APril 2017? I am an interested buyer?
#5 by steve on March 5, 2017 - 9:42 pm
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April 22, 2017 at Furney’s Nursery in Des Moines. 9 am to 1 pm. $3.00 per plant
#6 by Penny Merriman on August 17, 2017 - 10:15 am
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I am looking for a speaker to come to Federal Way to speak to
a garden group on chrysanthemums. We would be meeting in the Federal Way 320th Library September 19th from 10 – 11:00. We give a $30.00 honorarium. Please respond .
Penny Merriman
#7 by Penny Merriman on August 17, 2017 - 10:17 am
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We enjoy chrysanthemums and want information on planting some in our gardens.
#8 by karen hegarty on January 30, 2018 - 6:12 pm
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I am looking for a speaker at my Dash Point garden club. It would be for May 8th at 1:30 at one of the members homes. Look forward to hearing from you. Please include your fee for speaking.
Thank you
Karen Hegarty
#9 by Pam on February 15, 2018 - 9:04 pm
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Need to contact Ron Elliott about getting bronze football mum’s starters thank you
#10 by Kyla Deremer on March 25, 2018 - 10:10 am
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I’d like to be on our mailing list for your spring and fall sales. I lost a lot of my mums this winter.
Thank you
Kyla
#11 by steve on April 1, 2018 - 12:20 pm
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April 14th @ 10 AM-2PM at Volunteer Park Conservatory on Capital Hill in Seattle is our new public plant sale. We will have member plant sales our March 8th and April 12th meetings in South Seattle. See “About ECA” for more details.
#12 by Lorie Kolby on November 1, 2018 - 10:19 am
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This was my first summer growing mums .. your info is priceless! Thank you so much.
#13 by steve on December 11, 2018 - 5:55 pm
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you are welcome Lorie
#14 by Gary Chastagner on December 22, 2018 - 5:45 pm
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I am a Plant Pathologist at the WSU Research and Extension Center in Puyallup and would like to obtain enough cuttings to produce 80 plants for a Fusarium root rot trial I am setting up. If anyone has a suggestion on where I might obtain some cuttings I would appreciate hearing from you.
#15 by Loan Tran on January 2, 2019 - 2:14 am
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When & where is your plant sale in April 2019.
And Chrysanthemum show… I am buyer ..? Thank you…
#16 by steve on January 7, 2019 - 12:08 pm
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Hi Loan
Our Public Plant sale is April 13 th at the Volunteer park Conservatory. We also have Member plant sales at our March and April Meetings.
Editor
#17 by steve on January 7, 2019 - 12:14 pm
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Thank you for your inquiry, Gary. We will get back to you.
#18 by chuck on April 6, 2019 - 5:42 pm
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I am looking for a place to buy black shade cloth do you know where i can buy so please let me know thanks
#19 by steve on April 10, 2019 - 7:13 am
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hi Chuck, Please try Home Depot. Thanks for visiting our site. Steve B
#20 by Bruce Fischer on April 11, 2019 - 8:31 pm
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I posted this on Facebook
Wow – talk about a closed society -this club does not welcome new people.
I have raised Dahlias and Roses for years and decided to try something new – Chrysanthemums. I found this club and talked to one of the officers who invited me to this meeting – double advantage they were selling plants to their members. Since it is relatively close to where we live – I figured I would join the club and purchase some flowers.
I should have figured what kind of membership it has when two club members passed us as we were entering and didn’t even grumble a greeting. Once inside – they had tables of many green plants – all looking the same. I wandered around looking confused – hoping someone would offer to help (my wife sat down for around 10 minutes and no one said anything to her).
Finally I asked how do you know what kind of Mum’s are on the tables and was told they only put pictures at the public showings {got the message – club full of old times and they do not want us newbie’s to ask questions – although I thought that was why you joined a club??
I was offered a book with photos – but what good would that do. I sort of expected some of the experts could give me a few minutes and explain some of the various plants that were on sale.
Anyway – they never said this was a social club so I guess if you don’t already know someone or are an expert -stay away.
#21 by steve on June 11, 2019 - 11:09 pm
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Hi Bruce
We are very sorry things turned out the way they did for you and would encourage you to come to a meeting.
Steve B(Editor)
#22 by Madeline West on July 8, 2020 - 1:01 pm
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I am the President of the Kitsap Chrysanthemum Society and also belong to Evergreen Chrysanthemum Assoc. in Tukwila, Wa.
I have mums for sale at $3.00, if you call me and tell me what you would like to grow, I am happy to help you learn. I am a National Garden Club Judge, a Dahlia Judge, and Iris Judge, a Rose Judge and a Mum Judge, so I do know something but not everything….. you can call me at 360-620-3314 madeline