Every year about this time I mourn the absence of old-fashioned garden chrysanthemums ... long growing season. When the first shoots reach three to four inches, usually by May, the main stem ...

1 To get long-stem flowers for flower arrangements on fall-blooming plants such as chrysanthemums, dahlias and roses, pinch off the small side buds that develop around each main bud. Do this ...

Snowball on a stem' In her documentary, Gilson describes the giant puffball white flower as looking like "a snowball had been stuck on to a stem". To exhibit chrysanthemums competitively ...