Mum flower meaning carries centuries of cultivation behind it, and few flowers carry more history in Japan specifically, where the mum has appeared on the imperial seal for over a thousand years. Fleur De Lis borrows a French symbol that has wandered onto flags, crests, and china patterns with no formal French approval, which the mum seems entirely unbothered by at all. Violet Blue reads as a diplomatic color, calm on the surface, holding something more complicated underneath the surface. Office wall decor benefits from exactly this kind of composed, unshowy presence, structured enough to read as serious without demanding attention from anyone nearby. At 5 inches diameter, the piece holds its shape and color with no watering schedule to track between meetings. Wadsworth Atheneum has held decorative arts spanning centuries of symbol-borrowing not unlike this one. The mum has outlasted every empire that borrowed its symbols. It isn't finished yet.