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My mother-in-law's garden

Mums / Chrysanthemum flowers

End of the season full bloomsDried Chrysanthemum flowers can be steeped in hot water to prepare tea. Do you make Chrysanthemum tea from the flowers?

Fall Flower - Mums /Chrysanthemum flowers

5 months blossom of Mum/Chrysanthemum flowers
...From previous post... still blooming...

Random photo

Pink flower wrapping up the summer blooms.

Wild flowers on the Atlantic Ocean shore

Happy Labor Day!

Container Garden in Bloom

Yellow flowers - color of sunshine, joy, happiness, intellect, and energy

This is a closeup of the mini yellow flowers. They are glowing and welcoming the warm humid summer. What can you get from a dollar in the era of recession? Some happiness from Lowe's deal hunt, yellow color of sunshine, surprise, and long lasting blooms; that's a lot more than McDonald's dollar meal :-)

*Thanks to MsRobin tell us the name of this flower - Moonbeam Coreospis.

The Color of Summer - Purple Flowers, Violettes

In the mood for purple flowers? I decided to take a walk and see what I found:

The Colors of Summer - Yellow and Red Flowers

Every spring I have to figure out which flower to pick for matching colors, and making sure they are not too expensive for a large flower bed. For some reasons, red and yellow flowers are easier to grow than purple one, and they spread faster too. Are you a big fan of yellow/red flowers?

Hardy Mums - Chrysanthemums Tea

Today I welcome you with the yellow blossom of Mum/Chrysanthemum flowers. Mums need sufficient moisture as they grow during the hot summer. They multiply rather quickly and can be treated as perennials. The roots continue to growth even after the flowers have gone dormant. Pinching mums or removing the tips of new growth will stimulate the mums to send out side-shoots and become bushy plants with more blooms. Cut back the stems and allow mum plants to go dormant over the winter, they will return next spring.

Hope y'all have a great week!



The chrysanthemum teas can help to prevent/ treat mild heatstroke, cleanse and restore balance in the body.
Mums/ Chrysanthemum tea recipe from enjoyingtea.com
Ingredients
* 10 - 20 Golden Chrysanthemum Tea
* 1 - 3 teaspoon of honey or rock sugar
* 3 cups (850ml) of water

Instruction
1. Wash and drain chrysanthemum flowers.
2. Add 10 - 20 yellow chrysanthemum flowers into teapot.
3. Add 1 - 3 teaspoon of honey or rock sugar.
4. Pour boiling water on to content.
5. Allow tea to stand for 5 minutes.
6. Pour tea into cup and allow to cool slightly before drinking.

Readings:
Hardy mum winter survival care tips
How to make chrysanthemum Tea
Health Benefits of Chrysanthemum Tea
Chrysanthemum Tea for Heatiness, Sore Throats, Headaches

Orange flowers

This is tiger lilies, I found the name from fairegarden's recent post.

I saw these beautiful orange flowers when taking a walk close to an executive mansion. Possible someone will recognize this flower, I think it is perennial, possible part of the lilies family?

Landscaping - Increase Property Value

Gardening not just good for the health, soul and spirit, it is also a great investment that can increase property value. Florida Nursery Growers and Landscape Association did a research with these findings:

* Increase the resale value of a property by as much as 14%
* Property sale six weeks faster than other homes
* A patio can raise property value 12.4%
* A landscaped curb can increase 4.4% and hedges can add 3.6% property value
* Low-maintenance quality landscape increase in resale value by as much as 15%.
* Properly select plants can lower heating and cooling cost by as much as 20%.

A variety of studies reveal that:

• Edge the flower beds could increase the home value by 1 percent
  
• Planting mature trees can increase property value
• 'Water-wise” landscaping - add water saving plants in a landscape and matching color mulch can increase long-term financial benefit
• Nourish the grass, make sure it is green and healthy
• Scatter mixed color flowers throughout the landscape and cut back the jungle shrubs.

Here are some beautiful landscapes from the downtown home garden:








7 landscaping tips

Increasing Home Value

Landscaping for Increased Property Value

Planting Mature Trees to Increase Property Value

Landscaping Investment - Increase Property Value But How Much?

Don’t Curb Your Home’s Appeal – Invest in Landscaping to Raise the Resale Value

"Mulch" Improved: Homeowners Spruce Up Landscape and Increase Home Value

How To Increase Property Values With Landscape