Follow these steps to produce fresh and productive chrysanthemum plants.
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Chrysanthemums are popular border plants, adding valuable colour in late summer and autumn.
However, these vigorous and free-flowering plants tend to wear themselves out quite quickly. The oldest part of the plant, in the centre of the clump, becomes weaker and the stems flop, while the outer shoots remain thick and healthy.
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A bushy, compact variety with gorgeous colour-changing, lightly fragrant blooms, starting from pale green in July, changing through shades of white, soft pink, before reaching a crescendo of strawberry pink in autumn.
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Mix and match or buy in multiples of one variety, choosing from hardy varieties golden lotus banana, Japanese banana and red Abysinnian banana.
