One of my favourite things to do in the fall is to give my planters a fresh new look. I dig out old, tired or dead plants and replace them with kale or cabbage, maybe an ornamental pepper or two. It doesn’t take much to give planters a facelift with just a few new, fresh things. Article content

I tend to wait until mid-September to get my mums so the blooms will last longer into October and even November, depending on the weather. Don’t panic. There are lots of mums being grown and your favourite garden center will not run out for a while yet. Article content

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Fall mums are the same family of plants as the potted mums you buy from the flower shop or the stems of chrysanthemums you get in bunches of cut flowers. There are different types of fall mums

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