Mums the Word

In 2009, I purchased some dying mums from Home Depot. They were yellow. They didn't really look like mums to me, but I thought they were worth the 50 cents or whatever I paid for them.

I planted them in my whiskey barrel in my rose bed.

They flourished there. I did not expect them to live.

I especially did not expect them to be around 14 years later.

Nor did I expect them to change color.

But here they are in all their glory today!

Obviously, they are no longer yellow. Over the years they have gone from yellow to purple to this deep maroon.