Introducing...
Chrysanthemum
Common name: Mums, chrysanths
These traditional favourites bring a welcome boost of colour in late summer and autumn. Their flowers, in a wide choice of shapes, sizes and hues, reinvigorate borders and containers as temperatures start to fall.
Looks
The flowers have many different forms, from open daisies to multi-petalled pompoms, large and small. They come in lots of colours and shades, from pink, purple and red, to orange, yellow and white.
Likes
Chrysanthemums enjoy a warm, sunny and sheltered spot. They need fertile and moist but well-drained peat-free compost or soil.
Dislikes
Most won’t survive heavy frosts or waterlogged soil. They don’t perform well in dry conditions, poor soil or shade.
Did you know?
Chrysanthemums work well with other autumn-flowering border plants, such as salvias, sedums and asters, as well as ornamental grasses.
Growing guide
How to grow chrysanthemums
All the information you’ll need to grow and care for chrysanthemums in your garden.
Chrysanthemums we recommend
Chrysanthemum 'Yellow Pennine Oriel' (29a)
chrysanthemum 'Yellow Pennine Oriel'
- 0.5–1 metres
- 0.1–0.5 metres
Chrysanthemum 'Myss Saffron' (29c)
chrysanthemum 'Myss Saffron'
- 0.5–1 metres
- 0.1–0.5 metres
Chrysanthemum 'Max Riley' (23b)
chrysanthemum 'Max Riley'
- 1–1.5 metres
- 0.1–0.5 metres
Chrysanthemum 'Yellow Pennine Oriel' (29a)
chrysanthemum 'Yellow Pennine Oriel'
- 0.5–1 metres
- 0.1–0.5 metres
Chrysanthemum 'Myss Saffron' (29c)
chrysanthemum 'Myss Saffron'
- 0.5–1 metres
- 0.1–0.5 metres
Chrysanthemum 'Max Riley' (23b)
chrysanthemum 'Max Riley'
- 1–1.5 metres
- 0.1–0.5 metres
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Useful advice
Perennial borders: choosing plants
Cut flowers: cutting and conditioning
Perennials: staking
Perennials: dividing
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