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Fall Mums Flowers

Fall Mums Flowers For Fall

Fall Mums Flowers no matter what seem to be the hardiest plants for fall and even summer.  Florists have long relied on mums because of their long life span of up to two weeks.  With their many colors, and various forms, mums have provided happiness for thousands of years.  Some classifications include spider mums (flower petals long and tubular, with hooked ends), football mums (fancy mums with incurving petals), and pompon mums (small, stiff, almost globular flowers) Fall Mums Flowers

About Fall Mums Flowers

Fall Mums Flowers or Perennial mums are native to the Orient and Russia.  The first known Fall Mums Flowers cultivation of mums was in the 15th century B.  in China.  The dew found on the flowers was collected to promote longevity.  The Japanese even have a National Mum Day, known as the Festival of Happiness. The first commercial production of mums began in the late 1940′s as florists began utilizing the flowers in corsages.  Fall Mums Flowers are the easiest thing to do is to create an arrangement of fresh flowers, place them in a jar of water, and place this jar inside the pumpkin.  After it’s hollowed out, use flower arranging foam to hold leaves, mums, and filler flowers.

Easy Fall Mums Flowers

An easy fresh flower arrangement is to arrange mums in a shallow bowl.  Place light color flowers across the center of bowl and arrange the dark color flowers on either side of the light ones.  Gather three to five stems of mums in your hand.  After three to five stems have been added in this fashion, twist the bouquet in your hand and add additional flowers using the same method.

Today’s Mums, with their beauty, durability and variety of colors, mums are highly favored by consumers and florists alike so you cannot go wrong with Fall Mums Flowers.

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Mums Care Tips

It is a sure sign that Autumn is just around the corner when these blazing beauties arrive in garden centers around the nation. The first rule of thumb is to pick a sunny and well drained location.
They also like to be kept moist but not soggy. Once you have a location chosen work peat moss, manure or compost down into the soil about six inches. Most of today’s mums that are purchased in garden centers do not require the pinching that older varieties do.  The plants must be pinched no later than July 4th or you will risk pinching off your developing flower buds.  Choosing the flowers themselves.  The range of colors goes from whites and creams, to yellow, oranges, bronzes, reds, purples, pinks and bicolors.

WHITE AND CREAM

Minnwhite: low growing, early blooming two inch flowers
Snowsota: low growing, mid season blooming one and a half inch flowers
Snowscape: low growing, early blooming three inch flowers
Mellow Moon: medium growing, early blooming four and a half inch blooms

YELLOW

Target: low growing, long blooming two inch flowers
Centennial Sun: medium growing, early blooming one and a half inch blooms
Golden Star: medium growing, early blooming, single spoon flower
Minnyellow: low growing, late blooming two inch flowers

ORANGE

Autumn Fire: tall growing, late blooming three and a half inch flowers
Burnt Copper: tall growing, mid blooming, three inch flowers
Inca: low growing, early blooming two inch button flowers

BRONZE

Zonta: medium growing, mid blooming two and a half inch pompom flowers
MinnAutumn: low growing, midseason blooming two and a half inch formal form flowers
Gold Country: tall growing, mid blooming four inch flowers

RED

Gypsy Wine: low growing, early blooming two inch pompom flowers with a scent
Maroon Pride: tall growing, mid blooming three inch shaggy blooms
MinnRuby: low growing, mid blooming two and a half inch pompom flowers
Betty Lou Maxi-Mum (TM): tall growing, mid blooming two and a half inch button blooms

PINK/MAUVE

Clara Curtis: tall growing, very early blooming daisy like flowers Sheffield Pink: tall growing, midseason daisy like blooms  It is essential that you not only refrain from cutting back the dead growth until spring but they must also be mulched.

Following these simple tips will ensure a beautiful blazing fall display year after year after summer blooms fade.

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Posted by admin - October 18, 2011 at 7:12 pm

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Homecoming Mums

Take, for example, the high school homecoming mum.  Homecoming Queen and Homecoming Mum.  However, a mum refers to a unique flower collage that is deeply rooted in Texas football history.  So many years, that many Teens are unaware of the actual details that are responsible for the beginning.

HISTORY:

The first homecoming mums were given in the early 1930′s at high school homecoming football games across Texas.  A chrysanthemum is a very large, rare, and beautiful flower, and to receive one was a sure sign of flattery as well as an unusual circumstance in those times.   Mums were a sign of popularity, so girls that received mums confirmed their social status.   The hefty silk mums could withstand hot glue, heavy attachments, and much more, so the addition of ribbons, streamers, stickers, and more became a way to personalize a mum for a special girl.  Created a unique masterpiece that could be saved as a special high school memory.

Understanding the Trend Today:

Most Texans are familiar with this tradition.   The following topics are intended to shed some light on current homecoming practices.  Today, girls often reciprocate with a male version of the mum, called a “garter”, which is worn on the arm of the young man.   Know that, if you plan to give a homecoming mum, you will very likely be receiving a garter in return.   Remember, going “mum-less” can be viewed by the cruel high school crowds as an indicator of social status.

Girl can choose to receive a mum from anyone she chooses, and can even accept multiple mums.   However, girls can also decline a mum in the same way they may reject a date.

When do people wear homecoming mums?

Students typically begin wearing homecoming mums the Friday before their high school football game.
Students also typically wear homecoming mums during the football game AND after to their homecoming formal dance.

I want to impress my date.  More importantly, they includes important information about the student who receives it.  Extra details would likely describe any “extra curricular” activities that she, and her date, are involved in.  If a couple is attending as friends, the mum could include general information and be of medium size.  On the other hand, it is fair game to go all out with the above details and any additional important details for a serious high school couple.   She will notice if her mum was “mass produced” at a local grocery store or flower shop just as she will appreciate any personalized details.
The traditional gift ribbons and metallic stickers can suffer adrenalin shock after being worn through crowded hallways and in the stands at the game.  Any bent or creased ribbons can take away from the appearance after the game is over, and, years later, your memory may not hold up.

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Posted by admin - October 18, 2011 at 7:10 pm

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