In mid-October, I always bought two chrysanthemum plants to brighten my front doorstep in Montecito, California, where I lived with my husband for fifteen years. The outdoor plant stand at Trader Joe’s, overflowing with a panoply of colored mums, reminded me how much I loved seeing this French flair flourish in Burgundy, when we would visit our family i…
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