Hardy Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum x morifolium
Perennials
Hardy chrysanthemum is a Fall-flowering perennial, providing attractive mounded foliage, showy blooms, and cut-flowers just as many other landscape plants are beginning to lose their seasonal luster.
(Detailed plant information can be found at the bottom of the page.)
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Chrysanthemum x morifolium Plant Information
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Chrysanthemum x morifolium |
| Common Name: | hardy chrysanthemum |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Suggested Uses: | perennials, beds & borders, container plantings, cutflowers |
| Characteristics | |
| Plant Form: | upright, rounded |
| Height: | 1 - 3 feet |
| Spread: | 1 - 3 feet |
| Foliage: | lobed, dark- to gray-green leaves wih pubescence on upper surface and gray underside medium-textured foliage |
| Flower: | many different ray and disc flower forms and petal shapes in white, yellow, orange, rust, maroon, purple, or pink |
| Bloom Period: | Fall |
| Environment | |
| Sun: | light shade - full sun |
| Water: | medium water requirement |
| Soil: | well-drained, moist soil |
| Heat Tolerance: | medium heat tolerance |
| USDA Zone: | zones 5 - 8 |
| Native Range: | Asia |
| Care | |
| Maintenance: | supplemental nitrogen deadhead flowers to encourage blooming Spring pinching to encourage branching prone to breakage and physical damage |
| Pests & Pathology: | susceptible to viral infections, leaf spots, and bacterial blights aphids and spider mites can be issues |
| Additional Notes: | excellent plant for fall color and very popular cutflower white flowers can be dyed any color via colored vase water day-neutral cultivars are less dependent on photoperiod to trigger blooming, thus lengthening the effective flowering time |
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