Fall equals mums
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- October
- 5
In honor of the season, here are a few “did-you-knows” about mums — or chrysanthemums (courtesy of the National Chrysanthemum Society):
That mums were first cultivated in China and showed up in writings as early as the 15th century B.C.
That they were grown as herbs and were thought to have the power of life.
That the Japanese later adopted a single-flowered chrysanthemum for the emperor’s seal. The chrysanthemum throne is the world’s oldest monarchy.
That they were brought to the United States in Colonial times.
That though we plant them everywhere in the fall, some Europeans use them exclusively on graves.
Their name by the way comes from the Greek — gold flower.
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