The Chrysanthemums
A video i and a few friends made for English 102
Chrysanthemums are the go-to flower for fall
The lush greens and brilliant colors of summer give way to the browns of fall long before most gardeners are ready to concede to the elements.
So for an eye-catching transition that spares lawns from being seasonally monochromatic, there's no more popular flower than the chrysanthemum.
"They're wonderful," said Ella Maxwell, a horticulturist for Hoerr Nursery in Peoria. "They're beautiful. They are fall."
Mums aren't the only fall-flowering perennial, but they're definitely the go-to flower of choice for autumn color.
"They're so popular because they have a broad color range, and they have the fall colors of orange, yellow and red," Maxwell said.
Best of all, there's no end to the number of looks a yard can achieve using different varieties of the chrysanthemum, according to Elona Mason, a horticulturist for Luthy Botanical Garden.
"They're so different. Some are like pompons," Mason said. "Some are flat. And some are like a spider, like quills. There are all different kinds and they're all different."
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