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October 29, 2009

Mum's the word

 

 

Photo credit: Baltimore Sun/Amy Davis

Mums don't get no respect.

We stick them on the porch for a couple of weeks in October and them dump them in the compost. We don't even plant them!

But for the next couple of weeks, mums hold center stage at the Baltimore Conservatory's annual Fall Flower Show, where visitors -- admission is free but a $2 donation is gratefully appreciated -- can see the splendor, variety and power of chrysanthemums.

The conservatory, located on Swan Drive in Druid Hill Park, is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the exhibition continues through Nov. 15.

More on mums?

Visit Amy Davis' wonderful photo gallery, taken at the exhibition. And read my garden column in The Sun.

Sheffield pink mum

Photo courtesy of A Way to Garden

And for even more on mums, check out Margaret Roach at A Way to Garden. She's talking about my FAVORITE mum, Sheffield Pink.

I had several of these plants, and I adored their wavy, daisy beauty in the fall. But they mysteriously died. Now I am determined to replace them. And Margaret helpfully tells me how!

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About Susan Reimer
Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.
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