| Description | A 2-3 foot annual loaded with 2.5 inch daisy-like flowers. A heirloom plant introduced from Morocco over 200 years ago. |
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| Pronunciation | (kris-AN-tha-mum)(kar-i-NAY-tum) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Annuals |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | tolerates light frost |
| Flowers | ray flowers (petals look alike) are white, yellow, red, pink, bronze, maroon, etc. with a central ring. One thing I enjoyed about growing this plant is the different color of the flowers and their inner rings of color. |
| Leaves | deeply cut green leaves, almost ferny |
| Dimensions | 24-30 inches |
| Maintenance | probably needs to be staked (they did in my gardens), dead flower buds are rather large and needed to be deadheaded |
| Propagation | easy from seeds |
| Native Site | Morocco |
| Cultivar Origin | introduced from Morocco over 200 years ago. |
| Misc Facts | Chrysanthemum is derived from Greek chyrsos (golden) and antho-(flower) components. (www.plantlives.com) (syn Glebionis carinatum) |
| Author's Notes | One thing I enjoyed about growing this plant is the different color of the flowers and their inner rings of color. |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Arimitage), #109-Annuals and Tender Perennials for North American Gardens (Wayne Winterroud) |
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