Are mums perennials? I live in western N.C. and we do have some cold weather because we are up in altitude in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Of course, I am wiling to mulch heavily if need be.

Betty, you attached your mum question to the photo above of a rattail cactus when you enlarged the photo and posted.
Please go to the bottom of any page and click on the Ask A Question to repost.

OK, I've been asked to post my question elsewhere so I'm trying here:
Are mums perennial?

Hi Betty,

Click the blue link below to post your question and other members will be able to see it: https://garden.org/apps/ask/

Hi Betty, you are still in the same thread about the image above.
Lin provided the link for you but for the future, I meant scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, in the blue section on the left side you see the words 'Ask A Question'. Click on that and you can start a new thread with your question.