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Get Dirty: fall’s beauty, the mum

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October 30, 2020

It Just Isn’t Fall without Mums

A fall floral favorite, the mum is as much a staple for fall as is a pumpkin to Halloween. 

Bright, colorful and versatile, mums transform front doors into festive welcome centers and complete harvest displays with brilliant, flawless beauty.  You just can’t go wrong with the versatile chrysanthemum. 

And one more reason to love mums? Two words: low maintenance. 

Yes, mums require little to no maintenance beyond watering (to keep soil moderately moist). Want to encourage more blooms? Deadhead regularly with sharp clippers and blooms will keep on giving with autumnal grace. 

Want some ideas to refresh your home’s look with mums?

  • Line steps to your front door with potted mums, one mum on each side of each step. This creates a welcoming entrance, lined with gorgeous flowers.
  • Since mums thrive in cool weather, add them to existing pots of florals, in place of flowers that have passed their peak summer bloom period. 
  • Combine coordinating colors of mums together in clusters. Group together reds, oranges, yellow and creamy whites. Or, display purples with pinks and pure whites. 
  • Couple potted mums with an array of various pumpkins for a festive display. 
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Oh, snap!

InSuesShoes.com Get Dirty
June 24, 2020

Snapdragons are an excellent choice for your garden, landscape, cut flower arrangements–and even planters and hanging baskets.

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April 16, 2020

Plenty a’ Pretty Pansies Blooming bulbs aside, it’s the pretty pansy that brightens our views in early April.  Yes, often the first-planted blooms of spring, the pansy offers brilliance of color and sunny promise of warmer days to come. They are coming.  While pansies may be started from seed, there’s no shame in buying ready-to-plant gorgeous blooms. What’s to love about these brilliant beauties? … Read More

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Summer’s Beauty Queen

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July 21, 2019

Gerbera Daisy Oh, she’s a bloomin’ beauty alright.  You just can’t go wrong with summer blooms. But our personal favorite? Hands-down, it’s the Gerbera Daisy (also known as Gerber Daisy).  Dainty, brilliantly colored and hardy, we crown the Gerbera Daisy as the best beauty queen in potted arrangements, landscape beds—and it’s a ‘must’ for indoor cut floral arrangements.  Their bright, … Read More

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June 7, 2019

A Honey of a Bloom Honeysuckle It’s sweetly fragrant and wildly attractive. The honeysuckle is a romantic, yet hardy twining vine or arching shrub.  With about 180 species, the honeysuckle is a great addition to any landscape with its sweet blooms in pink, yellow or red blossoms. Too, the delicate blooms’ tasty nectar is a wonderful attraction for various wildlife. … Read More

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Isn’t It Lovely?

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May 8, 2019

Lily-Of-The-Valley They’re the beautiful answer to the drab areas in your landscape that just Won’t. Grow. Anything. And don’t let their dainty, tiny, bell-shaped flowers fool you. Lily-of-the-valley is not delicate. This spreading perennial is hardy as can be, and it’s happiest deep in the shade, although it can also thrive in part-sun.  Yep, where others fail to thrive (or … Read More

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Sweet Pea Beauty

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April 3, 2019

Oh, so Sweet Pea ‘Tis the season to start thinking about your flower garden and landscape (if you don’t have your plan together already!). Sweet peas are so named due to their delicate, sweet fragrance. The most fragrant varieties available are labeled “old fashioned” or “heirloom,” although many lesser-fragrant varieties are now available in a gorgeous, ever-expansive array of bloom … Read More

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Lucky Bamboo Houseplants

Lucky Bamboo

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March 6, 2019

Are you feeling lucky this March?  Add this fun, lucky bamboo to your home as a sign of prosperity and goodness to come this spring.  We’ve likely all seen lucky bamboo on a co-worker’s desk or in a friend’s home—growing within a vase with water or pebbles. This is because lucky bamboo grows hydroponically (yes, it lives in water). It’s … Read More

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feb snow crocus

Snow Crocus

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February 1, 2019

Snow blankets the ground in much of this wonderful (but absolutely FREEZING) country. Nowadays, the beauty of winter is admired a little less frequently and many of us are ready for spring by mid- to late-February. Right?  Of course we are. And these little gems help lift our spring-fever spirits.  They’re snow crocus. They look dainty, but are among the … Read More

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January Amaryllis

Amaryllis

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January 1, 2019

It’s cold. It’s dreary. Sunshine is an elusive, albeit always welcome, visitor. Yes, January can be a drag. So, why not brighten things up? How about adding some brilliant color and new life to the home? It’s easy to bring colorful life indoors. Simply add a gorgeous amaryllis to your home. Although it’s traditionally known as a holiday flower, our … Read More

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Plant: Knock Out® Roses

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May 25, 2018

[thumbnail] Appropriately named, Knock Out® rose bushes stand-out like the knockout babes they are. Their brilliant flowers keep a’bloomin’ throughout the entire summer, and often until the first frost. It’s no wonder they’re one of the most popular roses in North America. Care Knock Out® roses are far from picky, too. And particularly in the month of June when we’re … Read More

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Get Dirty

No, not that kind of dirty.

I’m talking the awesome kind of dirty that puts dirt beneath the fingernails!

Sure, not so great for the French manicure (our fave), but great for a clean soul.

Most of us love to get a little dirty in our gardens, flowerbeds or flowerpots, so each month be inspired by a selection that might be the perfect fit for you!

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