Mammoth™ Series Garden Chrysanthemum ‘Lavender Daisy’

Chrysanthemum ×hybridum Mammoth™ ‘Dark Bronze Daisy’ Garden Chrysanthemum

“…Winter survival of Mammothä 'Dark Bronze Daisy' is enhanced with snow cover throughout the season in northern latitudes, as reported for all other winter-hardy Mammothä cultivars (Anderson et al, 2012a(Anderson et al, , 2012b2014a, 2014b. Since snow cover is unpredictable, winter survival increases with the use of a soil surface mulch (Anderson et al, 2012b) (2008, St. Paul, MN) to 100% in one or more years at all sites with the exception of Institute, WV ( Table 2).…”

“…Plant Patent 19,043) possesses a new flower color for this series of winter-hardy garden chrysanthemums (Anderson and Asher, 2008). The Mammothä series now has a flower color palette including dark bronze, red, white, yellow, coral, lavender, twilight pink, and dark pink cultivars Anderson et al, , 2012aAnderson et al, , 2012bAnderson et al, , 2014aAnderson et al, , 2014b. The pedigree of Mammothä 'Dark Bronze Daisy' (Fig.…”

“…Tests of clonal material assure that morphological traits in clonal ramets are firmly fixed. Mammothä 'Dark Bronze Daisy' cuttings root in 1 week under intermittent mist or fog, after the basipetal ends are dipped into 1000 ppm IBA in 50% EtOH (Anderson et al, , 2012a(Anderson et al, , 2012b(Anderson et al, , 2014a(Anderson et al, , 2014b. Rooted cuttings can be programmed for flowering with 3-4 weeks of a long day photoperiod (0800-1600 HR + 2200-0200 HR night interruption lighting) at 18.5/22.0°C day/night to produce vegetative growth (Dole and Wilkins, 2005).…”

“…Mammothä 'Dark Bronze Daisy' is a winter-hardy, herbaceous perennial, garden chrysanthemum shrub that is a butterfly attractant. Each Mammothä cultivar has flower petal frost tolerance and standard garden chrysanthemum plant dimensions with a cushion habit in the first year Langevin, 1992), but achieve a shrub habit overlaid onto the cushion habit in Year 2 onwards (Anderson et al, , 2012a(Anderson et al, , 2012b(Anderson et al, , 2014a(Anderson et al, , 2014b. Mammothä 'Dark Bronze Daisy' is low in landscape maintenance, not needing pinching before July 4 to induce lateral branching and enhanced plant dimensions (Langevin, 1992;Widmer, 1980 Data were collected in the spring (April to May) of the years listed.…”

Chrysanthemum ×grandiflorum MN Sel’n. 90-275-27 Groundcover Garden Chrysanthemum

“…Maximal winterhardiness of MN Sel'n. 90-275-27 in northern latitudes occurs with snow cover similar to other winter-hardy garden chrysanthemums (Anderson et al, 2012a(Anderson et al, , 2014(Anderson et al, , 2015. Without snow cover, soil surface mulch can substitute (Anderson et al, 2012b) 100% (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, and 20072001 and2008, Morris, MN;2002 and2008, Waseca, MN) with an overall grand arithmetic mean of 69% for the tested years and locations (Table 3).…”