Chrysanthemums are fall's flowers, bringing the season into your home with
inexhaustible blooms. Easily dismissed as rigid and out-of-date, they are, in
fact, the best cut-flower bargain around. Mums offer shades that equal the
flaming foliage of maples and oaks or mirror the colors of an autumn sunset.
Enjoy them, and use them liberally.
While chrysanthemums are perfectly suited to easy arrangements reflecting
Thanksgiving?s bountiful hospitality, some of their other endearing qualities
are ready availability and economical price. Purchase plentiful bouquets while
you're grocery shopping--you'll get an abundance of flowers for a very small
investment. Or visit your local flower shop for more novel selections.
Greetings
A wreath on the door packed with brilliant blooms greets
guests with a spirited welcome. 'Viking,' a brown-eyed daisy type, is placed in
rows around the wreath as if it were a ribbon wound around the form. In between,
similarly shaded mums fill in, with each flower touching the next.
Try this colorful flower ring in other ways, perhaps as a focal point on the
mantel along with branches of fall foliage. Or place it in a large, shallow
saucer as a centerpiece. Fill the middle with small pumpkins, gourds, and
squash, or add a cluster of pillar candles in deep shades of burgundy, rust, and
gold.
