Do you want to grow chrysanthemums in your garden, but you don’t have the experience? Then let's figure out together what and how to do. Bush chrysanthemums are the easiest to grow; they are also called Korean. In most areas of our country, these flowers winter well in open ground. But for the northern regions it is better to choose early varieties; late ones may simply not have time to bloom before frost.
Chrysanthemums reproduce in three ways:
- Seeds.
- Cuttings.
- Dividing the bush.
Which of these methods is better to choose for planting chrysanthemums in the garden?
Growing chrysanthemums from seeds
In order for the seedlings to have time to grow and bloom in the first year, the seeds will have to be sown in January. If you do this later, you will most likely see flowering only next fall.
There is no need to plant the seeds in the ground; sowing should be superficial. It is advisable to maintain the temperature at 17 - 18C. Young sprouts appear in 10 - 15 days. Strong shoots should be picked into cups. Plant in the garden in May - June.
I want to warn you that chrysanthemums grown from seeds are not always similar to the flowers from which the seeds were collected. However, this is not always a bad thing. Sometimes the plants turn out even more beautiful than expected. Nevertheless, it must be admitted that the seed method of propagating chrysanthemums is not the most popular among gardeners.
Planting chrysanthemums from cuttings
Rooted cuttings.
All chrysanthemums are easy to take cuttings. If you don’t have your own flowers yet and there’s simply nothing to cut, then you can buy an already rooted cutting. It is preferable to plant such cuttings in the spring, then they will have time to take root well and overwinter safely. But when you buy a small and already blooming chrysanthemum bush in the spring, you cannot be sure that by autumn it will not grow to 1 m. and more.
You can see the real size of the bush you are buying only in the fall. All autumn planting of chrysanthemums must be completed before the end of September. Those planted later will not have time to properly take root and may not survive the winter.
Reproduction by dividing the bush
A feature of chrysanthemum agricultural technology is that at least once every three years, bushes growing in the garden must be dug up, divided into parts and planted. Otherwise, these plants begin to degenerate. The bushes become sparse, the flowers become smaller. If one of your friends already grows bush chrysanthemums, then you can ask them for such a plot. Or buy it at the market. Dividing the bush is always carried out in early spring.
Planting and caring for bush chrysanthemums
Where to plant chrysanthemums. These flowers should be planted in partial shade or sun. They grow poorly in deep shade.
The soil. Chrysanthemums can be grown in almost all soils, except clayey ones. They grow very poorly in low, waterlogged places.
Landing. It is advisable to add 2-3 cups of humus to each planting hole. You should not deepen the roots when planting. Leave a distance of 30 - 40 cm between the bushes.
Feeding. In order for a small cutting to grow into a large and beautiful bush, it needs good nutrition. To grow green mass, nitrogen is primarily needed. Therefore, 2 - 3 weeks after planting, feed your seedlings with any nitrogen fertilizer. After 10 - 15 days, repeat feeding. But with the appearance of buds, the plant will need phosphorus and potassium fertilizing. For this you can use superphosphate and potassium sulfate.
Formation of bushes. To grow a nice and voluminous bush, you need to pinch it twice. When the height of the seedling is 10 - 12 cm, break off the top of its head. Its side shoots will quickly begin to grow. After these shoots grow 10 cm, pinch them too. As a result, your plant will be bushy and not very tall.
Wintering in open ground. Bush chrysanthemums are usually left winter in the garden. The main enemy for them at this time is not cold, but dampness. Your pets will survive the winter safely if water does not collect around them. To do this, you just need to rake the earth around the bushes, and insulate the top with leaves,
This chrysanthemum bush overwintered in the basement
reeds, spruce branches.
Just don’t use sawdust or film to cover flowers. If you want to cover your flower garden with something else, then let it be slate, boards, old tin. Any shelter must be breathable.
Wintering chrysanthemums in the basement. As a rule, large-flowered and spherical chrysanthemums are brought into the basement for wintering. If you are afraid of losing any variety of bush chrysanthemum, then you can also overwinter it in the basement or cellar.
To do this, with the onset of the first frost, cut the stems down to the ground. Dig up the bush and place it in any suitable sized container. Place it in a cellar with a temperature of 0 - 4C. Make sure that the soil does not dry out, but is not too wet. In April, divide the bush into several parts and plant them in the garden.
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Great article! Just what I was looking for!
I agree with the author, chrysanthemums cannot be covered with sawdust in winter! For a long time I could not understand why my chrysanthemums overwintered so poorly. Then I read somewhere that everything rots under the sawdust. I just started hilling my chrysanthemums and for the second year now I have had an excellent winter!
I am very glad that the article was useful to you.
Alexey, not only chrysanthemums, but also roses do not overwinter well under sawdust. It is better not to use sawdust in the garden at all as an insulating material.
What to do with a chrysanthemum if it has gathered a lot of buds, but did not have time to bloom before the cold weather? Do the buds need to be removed or covered along with the buds? And yet, the article says: “Your pets will survive the winter safely if water does not collect around them. To do this, you just need to rake the earth around the bushes and insulate the top... "Do I need to bend the bushes or trim them? The shoots grew long and powerful, I was afraid to break them when covering them. Maybe it's better to trim it in advance? Chrysanthemums are grown from purchased cut flowers, different, with both large and small flowers, I don’t know the varieties, as well as the wintering conditions of each individual specimen. And what’s the best way to take it off on the eve of winter - I doubt it...
Marina, if there is no longer any hope that the chrysanthemums will have time to bloom in the garden, cut them and put them in a vase. Perhaps they will delight you with their flowering, at least in your home. The shoots of all chrysanthemums are annual; they are not left in winter. In all varieties of chrysanthemums, shoots are pruned in the fall. After pruning, add soil so that water does not stagnate in the root zone, and cover the top with the same shoots. For tall varieties this is often sufficient. It is better to do this at the end of October.