I have been introduced to the somewhat joy of landscaping now that we own a house. It is slowly growing on me. I learned this year what a mum is, and how to care for the plant. You see they grow early in the spring but you are supposed to cut them back the whole summer until the fall. In the fall then you let them grow and they get big. They make these pretty flowers, but don’t really smell good. Well I didn’t know this so my mums got out of control mid June and almost died until my mother in law (thanks Linda) told me to cut them back and they might grow. And grow they did. Now we are enjoying pretty purple mums. Yeah