Mum's The Word
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Mum's The Word
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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In the fall, Colorful Colorado turns orange! (Just like the Denver Broncos!)
Regular incurve types of mums are the ones most people recognize as traditional football corsage mums. These plants grow tall and form large, ball-like blossoms. Petals are packed into the flowers and curve toward the flower center—which is why they’re called incurve types. Button mums are on the opposite end of the size scale compared to these corsage giants. Button mums tend to form sprays or several stems arranged like a small bouquet. The flowers are small and packed with petals.
Cushion mums are a type of hardy mum or garden mum. They earn their name from the way they form a mound or cushion of bloom. Most cushion mums grow to a shorter height, reaching 12 to 30 inches tall. The plants are usually tightly branched and don’t need staking. These are the garden mums that form mounds of color in the autumn landscape.
That’s probably more than you every wanted to know. All I care about is how close they are to my nose. Mums make me sneeze!
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition.
Image copyright 2022 Jon Burch Photography.
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September 28th, 2022
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