This Chrysanthemum has been grown from one of last years cheap supermarket plants. In a large pot with just garden soil it has sat in an out of the way place with only regular watering for maintenance. It is now a riot of blossom and I can hardly get my arms around the flower head.

• Grown in pots like this plants can be moved to a more prominent position in the garden as the need arises.
• These plants can make large domes in the garden prior to flowering close to the top of the foliage.
• Chrysanthemums are hardy and I hope to get a few more weeks of colour from this plant before I bring the ‘stool’ (the old root stock) into the cold greenhouse for winter.
• This type of Chrysanthemum produces all these flowers without having to ‘Stop’ the growth. Stopping is only needed to get the plant to produce more flowering stems but Korean and pot Mum types break for themselves.
• Occasionally the sap can cause dermatitis so take care or wear gloves.

Do like the Dutch professionals and put more than one plant in a pot. Three in to one will go and the pot will fill out quicker. Unfortunately gardeners do not have access to the same chemical stimulators that make pot chrysanthemum flower on demand but that is just a challenge to gardeners.

This pot of single flowered Chrysanthemums has been place outside in the garden sheltered by a low box hedge. I thought they made a good complementary couple.