#POM POM CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWER FULL#
#POM POM CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWER FREE#

#POM POM CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWER FULL#

If planting outdoors, choose a spot in full sun with well-drained and moist soil. Don’t be tempted to leave plants sitting in saucers of water as this will kill the roots and cause disease problems. Plant into Tui Flower Mix to keep soil moist but not wet. Too much damp air can cause mildew problems, which will limit the plant’s flowering capacity. If growing your Chrysanthemums indoors place in a well-lit position, away from humidity and draughty areas. Plants are widely available in garden centres in spring and autumn. Alternatively, they can be re-potted, cut back and put to one side to grow for blooms the following season. Once plants have finished flowering inside they can be cut back and planted in the garden. Chrysanthemums attract bees and butterflies.Chrysanthemums are as happy indoors as they are out. The paler Chysanthemums look good with silver leafed artemsias. Buxton Ruby look wonderful with Nerine bowdenii. You can have different varieties in flower throughout August, September and October and many later flowering varieties will in a sheleted spot still be in flower in November. This does not delay their flowering and results in much sturdier plants.

At the same time I remove all weak and spindly canes. To encourage more compact plants, better clothed with foliage, I cut all my Chrysanthemums to half their height in early June. Chrysanthemums clump up readily and should be lifted and divided in early spring. They must have full sun and are best not planted in frost pockets, as this will drastically truncate their flowering season in a cold autumn. They like rich soil and reasonable moisture. Perhaps it is the association with florists' Chrysanthemums, those impossibly heavy headed monsters in hard white or searing yellow, that makes people disdain their lovely garden counterparts. Why are people snobbish about hardy chrysanthemums? For me they are essential, cottage garden plants, filling the garden with colour from October through to December. Chrysanthemums have been cherished in China for 500 years. We propagate many Chrysanthemums to order therefore we recommend ordering before February to receive plants that year.ĬHRYSANTHEMUM.' Chrysos' is Greek for gold,' anthos' for flower. Plants are sent out from May to July in 9cm or 1.3L pots. You can have different varieties in flower throughout August, September and October and many later flowering varieties will in a sheltered spot still be in flower in November.Ĭhrysanthemums attract bees and butterflies. To encourage more compact plants, better clothed with foliage, cut Chrysanthemums to half their height in early June.Īt the same time I remove all weak and spindly canes. Chrysanthemums clump up readily and can be lifted and divided in early spring. The nursery grows over 20 different forms from elegant single flowering varieties to more sumptuous double and pom pom varieties.Ĭhrysanthemums like rich soil and reasonable moisture.

#POM POM CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWER FREE#

I love my Chrysanthemums best planted in the vegetable garden between the rows of red cabbages! Chrysanthemums are easy trouble free plants and the bees and butterflies love them’ They are so vigorous and generous with their blooms you can pick them in great armfuls for the house.

The rich warm colours of their flowers make them my favorite autumnal cut-flower. Perhaps it is the association with florists Chrysanthemums, those impossibly heavy headed monsters in hard white or searing yellow, that makes people disdain their lovely garden counterparts. ‘Why are people snobbish about hardy chrysanthemums? For me they are essential, cottage garden plants, filling the garden with colour from September through to December. Woottens grows what is commonly called ‘The Hardy Chrysanthemum’, a range of hybrids suitable for the border, flowering late in the season and are easily overwintered outside. Often our first thought of the Chrysanthemum relates to the ‘pot mum’ or the large blooms of the florists Chrysanthemum, both of which are not easy or suitable garden plants. “Chrysos” is gold and ” anthos” for flower. The term CHRYSANTHEMUM in ancient Greek means Gold Flower.

Or read on to find out more about the plants themselvesĬhrysanthemums are a wide and diverse Genus comprising of many species, majority of which originate from East Asia, predominantly China where they have been cherished as a plant for over 500 Years.

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