Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum morifolium

Plant out around your last spring frost. Space plants 18 in (46 cm) apart.

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When to plant

Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.

See the dates for your garden

Enter your average last spring frost and first fall frost. Every timing on this site turns into a calendar date. Not sure of yours? Your local extension service or a search for “last frost date” and your town will tell you; the app finds them from your location.

Last spring frost
First fall frost

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Optimal Spring Transplant

From a plantRecommended
  1. Plant outaround your last spring frost

Optimal Fall Transplant

From a plant
  1. Plant out6 weeks before your first fall frost

Growing chrysanthemum

Spacing in the row
18 in (46 cm)
Between rows
24 in (61 cm)
Sun
Full Sun
Mature height
1-3 ft
Hardy to
USDA zone 5
Life cycle
Perennial

Feeding

How often
Every 4 weeks from spring regrowth until flower buds form. Stop feeding by midsummer; late or heavy feeding gives leggy, floppy plants with fewer flowers.

Your chrysanthemum, planned to the day.

Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.

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