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Sign up freeChrysanthemum × morifolium
Pinch tips in early summer for bushy plants with more flowers. Protect from hard frost — mulch roots in autumn. Petals used in Asian cuisine and tea. Divide every 2 years.
Dahlia 'Pink Giraffe'
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A fellow Asteraceae — similar growing habits to Chrysanthemum
Start Chrysanthemum indoors about 8 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in cooler soil (around 10–18 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 14 days. Move seedlings out once the danger of frost has passed, in full sun, spaced about 45 cm apart. Expect the first blooms in roughly 120 days.
Keep track of the seeds you own.
Water: Medium · Height: 90 cm · Soil: Well-draining, fertile
Braconidae, Ichneumonidae and relatives
Pinhead-sized, stingless, and lethal to aphids and caterpillars from the inside.
Aphididae
Curled leaves, sticky honeydew and ants on patrol — usually with something already eating them.
These three thrive alongside Chrysanthemum — and alongside each other.
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