Chrysanthemum morifolium

Japanese name: 中菊
Scientific name: Chrysanthemum morifolium

[Overview]
A group of garden chrysanthemum cultivars; perennials.
The head flowers are 9 cm or more and less than 18 cm across.
The leaves are simple, alternate and pinnately lobed.
This group includes classical chrysanthemums developed in various regions, such as Edo-giku, Saga-giku, Ise-giku and Higo-giku.

[Cultivation]
Propagate from shoot cuttings.
It prefers a sunny, well-drained, fertile site with weakly acidic to neutral soil.
Poor sunlight or too little fertilizer reduces flowering.
Water thoroughly when the soil surface has dried.
If it runs short of water while in bloom, the flowers fall early.
Moving it to a place sheltered from rain during the flowering period keeps the flowers from being damaged.
Apply slow-release fertilizer from spring to autumn, and giving extra phosphate when the buds are growing larger improves flowering.
Pests and diseases include powdery mildew, gray mold, leaf blight, rust, black spot, brown spot, Awadachi-gunbai, Kikusui-kamikiri, aphids, cutworms, thrips and spider mites.

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