Stacy™ Dazzling Orange Chrysanthemum

Stacy™ Dazzling Orange is a fall-flowering garden mum in Syngenta Flowers’ Stacy™ series, recognized by the breeder for orange and bronze blooms. Syngenta classifies this exact selection as medium vigor and full sun, lists it as available, and gives its hardiness zone as N/A, so no USDA zone range is asserted here. [Syngenta’s Stacy™ Dazzling Orange profile](https://www.syngentaflowers.com/ams/product/flower/70018548) ## Garden use Use this warm-toned cultivar in a sunny autumn border or seasonal container, where its flowers can brighten the late-season display. Syngenta recommends medium or large pots for the selection and lists the crop as a garden mum. Allow room for local growth, then adjust spacing to the plant’s observed size. ## Growing conditions Choose full sun and moist, well-drained soil; Illinois Extension recommends at least six hours of sun for mums and advises avoiding low, poorly drained sites. Water during dry spells. Mums flower in response to lengthening nights, and nearby outdoor lighting can interrupt darkness and delay flowering. [Illinois Extension’s mum-growing guide](https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2021-09-10-why-do-my-mums-always-die-how-grow-and-care-fall-mums-your-garden) ## Maintenance Spring planting gives mums more time to establish before winter. For plants being overwintered, leave dormant stems standing through winter and add mulch after the ground begins to freeze; remove old growth after new growth resumes. Pinch growing tips when shoots are about six inches long, then repeat once or twice before early summer for a bushier shape. Water if the soil dries during the growing season. [Illinois Extension](https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2021-09-10-why-do-my-mums-always-die-how-grow-and-care-fall-mums-your-garden)