1.   Besides becoming disfigured, thrips-infested blooms often fall apart when handled.

2.   Elaeagnus, a large, billowy shrub with silvery-green foliage and tiny but fragrant fall blooms, is one of the easiest plants in any garden.

3.   Fall blooms are often as beautiful as spring blooms.

4.   Fill pumpkin with the desired amount of water and arrange fall blooms in the vase.

5.   If you order this afternoon for early September delivery, and plant them immediately, you will get blooms this fall.