Guide to growing and caring for Annual Chrysanthemum
The Annual Chrysanthemum flowers for a long time; from the summer through to the first frost of the year towards the end of autumn.
It has daisy like flowers of many different yellows, reds, whites and pinks; often the petals have two shades of differing colours.
The Annual Chrysanthemum varieties range in size from 10cm to 90cm.
One of the common names is Corn Marigold. Latin names include chrysanthemum morifolium.
The larger species of Annual Chrysanthemum are great border plants, whereas the smaller varieties can be grown as edging plants.
How to grow Annual Chrysanthemum - Corn Marigold
If planning to grow annual Chrysanthemums outside from seeds, then they should be sown at a depth of 3mm into a sunny area of the garden that has good drainage before the last frost of spring.
If you plan to grow Chrysanthemum plants indoors first then the process should be started about 2 months before you plan to transplant the seedlings outdoors (generally after the last frost of spring). Corn Marigold / Annual Chrysanthemum takes about 1 and a half weeks to germinate at around 18C.
Chrysanthemum Care
It is easy to carry out chrysanthemum care. Once growing pinching the annual Chrysanthemum seedlings will help to create bushy plants. Once flowers have finished they should be removed. It may be necessary to stake the taller varieties of annual Chrysanthemum.