black and gold. The little blue Texas chip, just above a red bow, is nice. But $54? Part of me felt like I had in high school — swindled. Years ago, I bought a mum for my homecoming date ...

Seniors traditionally wear white mums and garters as a way to distinguish themselves from underclassmen during homecoming celebrations.

Nancy Masden, mum-maker at Oh My Goodness Boutique in Corpus Christi, created a gigantic, possibly record-breaking 78-feet-long homecoming ... Texas-themed mum with red, white and blue streamers ...

Homecoming mums have been a Texas tradition since at least the 1970s, and it appears that the mums get bigger every year. Last year in Dickinson, one mum reached a height of 28 feet while another ...

we go big for homecoming and all the traditions that come along with it – including homecoming mums. It's a classic Friday night lights tradition. For decades, Texas high schoolers have shown up ...

"My average price for (a mum) is probably $125 and that'll take me, because I work full time, two days if I'm working on it," she said. "Versus a Stanley cup mum, takes me 10 minutes, 15 minutes." ...

That's especially true when it comes to a high school tradition known almost exclusively to the Lone Star State: homecoming mums. Mums started out as a simple corsage made up of one or two ...