Central Carolina Chrysanthemum Society
Stop Treating Your Mums Like Disposables!
Did you know those gorgeous container mums (chrysanthemums) from the garden center or your local grocery store aren't single-season decorations?
In our local climate, they are hardy perennials waiting to burst into bloom again next year. Don't toss them out with the pumpkins! Learn simple secrets to help your garden mums survive winter and thrive year after year.
Read our Winter Survival Guide: (click here)
FALL 2026 BLOOM FESTIVAL
VOTE FOR THE BEST OF SHOW BLOOM
2026 People's Choice
1st place Winner
Class I irregular incurve
cultivar/name: Whiteout
638 votes note: 3-year grower
Giant blooms: the florets (petals) are loosely incurved, with fully closed centers; lower florets are irregular, may have a skirted effect.
2026 People's Choice
2nd place Winner
Class 7 Single-Semi Double
Cultivar/name: Estelle Abrams
314 votes Note: 15+year grower
Blooms created as a Bonsai using a
A daisy-like flower with a central disk and one or more rows of ray petals.
2026 People's Choice
3rd place Winner
Class 11 - Spider
Cultivar - Evans's Dream
304 votes Note: 10-month grower
The floret/ petals may coil or hook at the ends. The florets may range from very fine to coarse. Evans's Dream is so delicate to the touch
The Central Carolina Chrysanthemum Society thanks all participants who worked hard to make this event a success. Please include the approximately 2,000 visitors who took the time to enjoy CCCS endeavors.
This year's Festival of Fabulous Mums, held at Sarah P. Duke Garden in Durham, North Carolina, drew visitors from across the globe—from the Eastern European nation of Latvia to Asian countries like China and India—as well as from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and every section of the United States.
With more than 300 blooms on display, attendees voted for their favorites using paper ballots. Once the votes were tallied by Central Carolina Chrysanthemum Society (CCCS) members, the official first, second, and third-place winners were crowned.
THE 2026 SPRING CUTTING SALE EVENT is OVER IT WAS A WONDERFUL SUCCESS
​​​THANK YOU ALL SEE YOU SPRING 2027
We have had tremendous success with this sale in the past, and our prices are better than those of national dealers. The cost of plants will be $5.00 apiece, or 5 plants for $20. Buyers may also join our club, Central Carolina Chrysanthemum Society. Everyone who decides to join at the sale will receive 3 free plants; access to the private member section on our website contains a 43pp reference manual of growing guidance and additional helful tips and tricks of plant information. A subscription to The Chrysanthemum magazine, published quarterly by the National Chrysanthemum Society. Membership in both societies is automatic and costs $45 per year if the member wants to receive all copies of the magazine online, or $55 per year to receive 2 of the issues per year in print. Our members meet monthly to learn growing techniques from experts inside and out of our club. We also have a tremendous mum show in November, which will be at Duke Gardens this year.
Just in case you haven't received the December issue of THE CHRYSANTHEMUM yet, I want to share Margie Case's gorgeous photo of her Raleigh garden. Congrats, Margie!
CCCS member Margie Case decorated her backyard with more than six different classes of chrysanthemums, used a full moon as a backdrop, made a classic photograph NCS displayed on their December magazine cover
