I believe chrysanthemums are the Scorpio flower and I must admit I felt a bit of a let down when I discovered that many, many years ago.
The dahlia's were not my favorite either until living where the deer will eat all and everything, but don't touch the non-smelling dahlia. I don't usually dig mine either, but we've been getting colder winter with the climate shift and so I planted new tubers this year.
I had deja vu reading the barracuda bit of this post.