Ranking at number four of winter flowers for North Texas are the Chrysanthemums. Some of you refer to them just as mums. Beating out flowering kale for the number four spot, mums are a sought after flower by North Texans. The two most popular colors are yellow and orange followed by deep violet, ruby red ...
The Chrysanthemum (I’ll call them Mums from now on) is a beautiful blooming perennial. A perennial is a plant that will come back year after year. Those are exactly the kinds of plants that I love. Not exactly plant and forget, as all flowers take a certain amount of care. Mums come in a variety ...
A Chrysanthemum, which is made up of two Greek prefixes that mean golden flower, is a very popular flower to send, second only to roses. These beautiful flowers are also used in container gardens as well as in landscaping. Even though its popularity comes from the florist aspect, gardeners know that this flowering plant is ...
Can you think of any holidays in August? Are there any special days in August for you? Here is a bit of creative writing with an August Holiday Poem about some of the things that happen this month. Can you think of any national holidays for this month or any birthdays? What does the month ...
In the short story “Chrysanthemums”, the author John Steinbeck uses Elisa’s garden as a symbol of respite, a beautiful piece of nature, and a place for her to escape oppression, and be herself. In addition, the garden symbolizes her strength and sexual desires. During the time this story took place, most women were subordinate to ...
If you are sick of seeing chrysanthemums everywhere in the fall, join the club. While fall colors are nice, it’s also good to have some lovely pinks, purples, whites and blues in there somewhere. Different heights and textures help too. Even though chrysanthemums dominate the fall landscape, you’d be surprised how many alternatives there are. ...
The best mums for fall include beautiful orange, bronze, white, yellow, pink, red and lavender chrysanthemums. Look for hardy cultivars or heirloom mums that attract butterflies. Mums or Chrysanthemum morifolium make beautiful mass plantings with blooms that linger for weeks. Mums have an incredibly tight mounting habit. If you have neighbors who are also into ...
Fall care of mums is low maintenance; just be aware that the word ‘hardy’ is used rather loosely in the marketing of these fabulous fall beauties. Chrysanthemum is a Greek name meaning golden flowers; very fitting for these fair flowers of the autumn garden. Introduced to the US in the 1700s, mums have become the ...