November Gift Flowers
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Red chrysanthemums keeping my kitchen Thanksgiving turkeys company. (Charlotte Ekker Wiggins photo)
Chrysanthemums
Now we are back to growing flowers in the USDA Hardiness zone 5 that match up with the traditional gift flowers.
Chrysanthemums, plants especially prized by Japanese gardeners, stand for November birthdays. Also known as “mums,” these long-lasting in a vase flowers come in a variety of shapes and colors.
White mums signify innocence and purity, while yellow ones indicate that a loved one feels slighted. Too bad because yellow mums are a favorite bright fall flower in the garden.
If you are adding mums to your garden, make sure to pick up hardy garden mums. With a little care over winter, they will return for many years helping to not only add color but also as a natural bug deterrent.
