Fall Mums

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Here's how to use mums in your garden.

"With so many colors and varieties, mums are both a blessing and a challenge. In … slide show, you'll see some of the best mums for your garden, and learn how expert … garden center staff can help you select mums that will bloom in early, middle, and …"

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All About Mums

… stolens and can survive cold better. Most garden mums are perennials in Zones 5 to 9 and much tougher … splash of color or a fixture for your border, mums are the pick for a fabulous fall . Mums come in an array of bloom forms. The most common …

Fall Favorites Window Box

Paint a 28-inch-long window box and add frost-tolerant mums and flowering kale for bold color all the way to season's end. A: Flowering kale ( Brassica oleracea 'Red Sunset') -- 2 …

Easy-Care Mixed Fall Garden Plan

This informal, naturalistic garden plan relies on mums and asters for fall color, along with annuals for midsummer bloom.

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Fall Mums

Make mums a focal point in your fall landscape. From care and feeding, to displaying the Test Garden's got great tips for you.

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Fall means mums , and here in the Better Homes and Garden's test garden, we use them a lot to perk up the fall landscape. There are a number of ways that you can use mums in your fall garden. One is to plant them in the ground. If you do that, be sure that you have garden mums . Those will be hardy in your area and be sure that you plant them in a spot with full sun and well-drained soil. Mums hate to be constantly wet and they don't wanna be in much shade. You can also put mums directly in their pots that you've got them in at your local garden center. They make a great display on their own. Or, you can pot them up in a fancy container. Look at how fabulous this looks! And here's a shopping tip. Don't buy mums that are in their prime like this. Although it looks beautiful, you're not going to get as long of a life out of it. Look for mums that mostly have flowers in their bud stage. They'll continue to open and last a lot longer. A third way to use mums is to revitalize fall containers. This pot here will look great all summer, but this guy isn't looking so great anymore. Simply

Dining Room Makeover

Tackle a redecorating project in manageable stages. See this dining room morph from bland to spicy in three steps.

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picks up color and pattern from the wallpaper. A centerpiece of lilies, mums , and orchids adds another touch of Asian design. The one accessory with lots of color is our rug. Since the walls are

Floral Centerpiece

Make a pretty fall tabletopper using fresh flowers to mimic the shape of a pumpkin.

Thu, 5 Aug 2010|More from Holidays
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is I'm gonna take some flowers. I'm using marigolds. You could use mums . Then maybe you'd be making a mumkin perhaps! Well you're gonna take some scissors, and you're just gonna cut these down like

Slide Shows

Spooky Decorations for Halloween

… spellbinding seating arrangement with a couple of simple inexpensive materials. Line the stairs with orange pumpkins and pots of fall mums , then decorate the doors and windows with silly fabric ghosts. Our pumpkin head person was created with old clothes …

Your Best Photos: Outdoor Decorations for Harvest Season & Halloween

… ErikaW31469 This yard displays the bounty of autumn with pretty mums , gourds, and hay bales. Submitted by: ejredder A pair of … Submitted by: ErikaW31469 With miniature ghosts, spiderwebs, mums , and pumpkins, this yard accents the scary of Halloween in …

Pretty Front Entry Decorating Ideas for Fall

… look with a colorful assortment of potted mums . Take a color scheme through the season … attached with hot glue. A smattering of mums and pumpkins, plus a high-reaching collection … look by incorporating overflowing potted mums and pumpkins, plus a pretty wreath. Place …

Gorgeous Gourds and Pumpkins for Fall Decorating

… floral display using yellow and orange mums . Cut the heads from the flowers and hot … if necessary. Add a handful of bright mums . Create a stunning contemporary centerpiece … remove a bit of the pith, and insert mums , black-eyed Susans, and a length of …

Pretty Thanksgiving Centerpieces

… lilies are mixed with coffee berries and red mums in this stunning arrangement perfect for … and decorate the platter with a few white mums and coffee berry sprigs. Another view … and pewter cups filled with tiny white mums . Your guests will be enthralled! This …

Fabulous Fall Centerpieces

… and some hot glue. Choose a bouquet of mums in harvest colors, and cut each flower … the platter underneath with a few white mums and hypericum berry sprigs. Warning … and placing it on a cake stand. Orange mums were cut short (2 to 3 inches), then …