How to grow Garden Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum x morifolium

Full Sun
OR
Partial Sun
Medium

Great container plant.

To keep plants bushy and floriferous regular and timely pruning is recommended. If plants are more than 10" tall by July first cut back to 6", always leaving some foliage below the cut. This encourages shorter, more compact plants at bloom time. When growth resumes, pinching out the very tip of each stem will promote further branching and flower production.

Small-flowered, late blooming types can be pinched up to August 15th. Large-flowered types should not be pinched after July 15th.¹

Growing Garden chrysanthemum from seed

Seeds are generally not true to the plant and do not store well. To propagate plant, divide the root ball.

How long does Garden chrysanthemum take to grow?

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Other names for Garden chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum x grandiflorum

Misspellings: Mum, Garden Mum, Florists Mum

Footnotes

¹ Portland Nursery entry on Chrysanthemums