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Category Archives: Chrysanthemum
Celebrate Chinese New Year With These Flowers
Today is one of the happiest days for Chinese people! It’s Chinese New Year, one of the largest, most important holidays of the year! To celebrate this special occasion, homes are often decorated with assorted plants and flowers. In Chinese, … Continue reading
Posted in Chrysanthemum, Daffodils, Flower Varieties, Holidays, Peony
Tagged azalea, Chinese New Year, Chrysanthemum, flowers, kalanchoe, Lunar New Years, narcissus, Orchid, Peony
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Flowers Available in Winter
Even though many of us have already experienced snowfalls in the last couple of months, today is the official first day of winter! But should we really celebrate the season? If you live in Canada, winter has a reputation for … Continue reading
Posted in Alstromeria, Amaryllis, Anemone, Banksia, Chrysanthemum, Daffodils, Delphimium, Flower Varieties, hellebore, Hyacinth, Lilies, Queen Anne's Lace, Statice
Tagged agapanthus, Amaryllis, anemone, Banksia, Chrysanthemum, daffodil, delphinium, flowers, Hyacinth, lily, narcissus, Statice, Tulip, winter flowers
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Frost Tolerant Flowers for Your Garden
It’s November. Trees are bare. Most of the leaves have fallen. The days are noticeably shorter and cooler. Frost is settling in. But the gardening season is not quite over just yet. There are hardy, frost-tolerant flowers that can survive … Continue reading
Fall Flowers for your Garden!
Fall is here, but that doesn’t mean that the growing season is over. In fact, there are flowers that thrive during the fall season. These are some of the flowers that will continue to bloom in your garden until the … Continue reading
Posted in Anemone, Aster, Chrysanthemum, Lilies
Tagged aster, Chrysanthemum, fall flowers, fall planting, Japanese anemone, toad lily
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Button, Button, Who has the Button?
The button pom is really a chrysanthemum. The inserted picture is a “Kermit” button pom – yes it is so named after our favorite frog “Kermit”, because of the colour. History: The common name “chysan-themum” comes from the Greek words … Continue reading
Posted in Chrysanthemum, Flower Varieties, Kermit Pom
Tagged Button Pom, Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemumn, flower, flowers, Kermit Pom
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Drink Chrysanthemum Tea!
History Chrysanthemums have been cultivated for 2,000 years in China, where infusions of the leaves and flowers were used as medicine and fermented into wine. Often Chrysanthemums are used to make tea, rather than in a wine infusion. Chrysanthemum tea … Continue reading
Alternatives to Milk and Cookies for Santa
Santa is as health conscience as the rest of us, therefore he is reducing his cookie intake and opting for an edible flower salad! Edible flowers have been used in dishes by cultures all over the world for centuries. The … Continue reading
Posted in Carnations, Christmas, Chrysanthemum, Flowers and Health, Lilies, Roses
Tagged Carnations, Christmas, Edible flowers, lilies, rose petals
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Football Mums are not only for girls, fellows receive garters (Grey Cup = Football Mums Part Three)
As relating to Post 1 http://funflowerfacts.com/2010/11/23/ and Post 2 http://funflowerfacts.com/2010/11/24/ Here is part 3! The Football Mum is not only for the girls, fellows can receive a matching garter, or it may be personalized to reflect his involvement in sports … Continue reading
Posted in Chrysanthemum, Weird and Wacky
Tagged flower, flower varieties, flowers, Football, Football MUMS, mum, mums
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Chrysanthemums are for Royalty (Grey Cup = Football Mum Part two)
Relating to our first post http://funflowerfacts.com/2010/11/23/ High School Homecoming Queens surprisingly have a common thread with the Japanese royal or noble families. Both covet the MUM. Japanese history records the chrysanthemum being imported from China, and by 800 A.D. the … Continue reading
Posted in Chrysanthemum, Floral History
Tagged Chrysanthemum, flower, flowers, Homecoming Mum, Japanese Royalty
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Grey Cup = Football Mums Part one
Here in Edmonton we are getting ready to host the CFL Grey Cup this weekend. Yes the weather is going to cooperate, today it is -27C and by the weekend it is going to be a balmy -6C. However it … Continue reading
Posted in Chrysanthemum, Weird and Wacky
Tagged Chrysanthemum, corsages, flower, flower varieties, Football, Football MUMS, mum, mums
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