Plant Profile: How to Grow Chrysanthemums
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- Опубліковано 12 тра 2019
- Jim grows amazing carrots and huge crops of Queensland Blue Pumpkins as well as breeding prize-winning budgies, but his show chrysanthemums are the jewel in his gardening crown.
Some may see chrysanthemums as old-fashioned but they have royal connections: In China, where they have been cultivated for more than 2,500 years, the plant was used medicinally and for flavouring, as well as an ornament. In Japan it is a symbol of happiness and longevity, and the royal family has ruled for 2,600 years from the Chrysanthemum Throne.
There are about 40 chrysanthemum species, most native to Asia, plus lots of cultivars and varieties. Jim grows 45 varieties, including: spiders, quills, pompons, spoon, anemones, reflexed, incurved, single, semi-double, brush, and thistle. He grows many varieties simply to keep the plants existing in Tasmania, because not many people are growing them now and import laws mean no new varieties can now be introduced.
Producing prize-winning blooms is a 10-month journey that takes a lot of patience.
In 2017 Jim was the Australian chrysanthemum king, winning the best in show at the national championships in Bendigo, Victoria.
The flowers are mostly judged on form - whether they conform to what the standard is for the flower. The show flowers are exactly the same varieties as are grown in garden beds, but pampered and cultivated to produce the largest most perfect blooms possible.
To grow a champion chrysanth you need:
Shelter - Jim has built a sheltered area covered with shade cloth to protect them from the wind. When the flowers start forming, he adds a clear roof to protect them from the rain, too.
New plants - Jim propagates new plants from cuttings each year from his field stock to avoid any soil-borne diseases such as rust or viruses. He puts the cuttings in a mix of half potting mix and half-coarse sand, and dabs a bit of rooting powder on the cut end.
New soil - the new plants are potted up into larger pots of potting mix, which are buried into the ground in early summer to keep them cool. Again, this protects against disease.
Debudding - As the flower heads form, Jim can spend hours each day trimming off side buds to direct all the energy into a single stem, instead of a bush. Flower buds start forming as the cold weather sets in and then start growing really fast - Jim chooses the best bud and very carefully removes (debuds) the others. “Break the wrong bud off and you’ve ruined 10 months of work.”
Pest protection - Aphids are the main problem, plus anything that might eat the plants. In the early stages he pinches off aphids and encourages ladybirds to eat the rest but he can’t do this as the flowers get bigger, so he has to spray.
Training - Flowers must be facing straight up for judging, so Jim supports the huge flower heads with blocks of polystyrene and ties.
Travel - About a week before the national show, Jim cuts his prize flowers and packs them up to prepare for their 18-hour journey to Bendigo. Flowers are put in vases, then vases are taped into place in boxes supported by bamboo supports and blocks of polystyrene. “Last year I took 25 cut blooms to the Bendigo show - it takes me hours to cut and prepare flowers for the trip. But patience pays off - last year not one petal was out of place.”
Last year when the ferry pulled up in Port Melbourne “all these people were standing around the car looking at blooms in the back - it turned out they were from a photographic club and they didn’t believe the blooms were real”.
Jim has tried to find an apprentice - he takes 200 cuttings a year and uses about 80 then sells off the rest really cheaply or gives them to friends - “lots of people want to grow them but they don’t want to get serious.”
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My grandad used to grow and show chrysanthemums and I remember watering them with him , however I now grow flowers and have realised that here in the UK I have not seen any seeds available and it’s reminded me , I am in search of some seeds as I believe it’s important to keep things going and only certain people are able to continue the legacy . 🇬🇧
So true. Nothing like playing around in the dirt to wash away the day and your worries.
It is the best ever chrysanthemum that I saw in my life
This is so interesting!
Stunning blossoms
Absolutely inspirational, enchantingly beautiful and amazing colours.....so so stunning.♥️
Thank you - Glad you enjoyed it!
Please teach me how you frow such amazing plants. The flower is so huge and fabulously coulorful. 😭😭😭😭😭 I really love what you do Sir.
Excellent
Hello, I absolutely love this video, my grandfather grew them every year for mother’s day. I spent my childhood in the garden with him.
Where can I buy the seeds from? NSW - Australia.
Stunning :)
So beautiful
I can smell this video...😍
I ♡ crysanthanum..🌸🌼
The macnamara ,my favourite, love the racoon also.👌👌👋👋🤓💪💪🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🙏🙏
Amazing!
Bom dia juntos somos mais fortes like sininho ativado Tmj 🙌🔔
Parabéns muito lindo 👏
Wow amazing
Hope I can do this I love them
😘 ..... Need patience... See the love of the work
Wonderfu! I hear mosquitos hate these so I wonder if there were any on this nice mans property
inspiring
What is the name of the deep red mum ball?
Can it be grown indoor man ?
Wow
Is this chrysanthumum? I have different one.
they say that chrysanthemum from seeds grow different colors and sizes, if I buy specifically exhibition Large Chrysanthemum "elizabeth shoe smith" type, it might change the whole variety? for example end up fantasy chrysanthemum, plain chrysanthemum, or whatever chrysanthemum their genetics might have, or just the color and the size?
I highly doubt it. Different varieties have different genetics. A shoesmith shouldn't turn into something else.
Perhaps they mean you can't tell from the seeds what variety they'll be, unless you know what variety the seeds came from.
Can you grow them in Western Australia
For flowers, I think there's only the cockade type sold in Bunnings in Perth, as seeds.
I grow the edible Garland Chrysathemumin in my backyard and now is the season. The plant is harvested before it flowers and it's just wonderfully delicious in hot pots in winter, or you can just boil it with water and add soy sauce+oil.
It's an imperial dish served to the Chinese emperors after the plant was first introduced to China from the Mediterraneans in Song Dynasty.
There's times you can find the veggie in oriental groceries. It has a strong but refreshing scent, kind of like taking you for a walk in a pine forest, some says it smells like chamomile. I personally just find the taste quite addictive, but it really depends on individuals.
When it's Chinese New Year in China, everybody will get a pot of Chrysathemum flowers, an actual rooted plant but doesn't last long, yet the flowers are meant to bring wealth to the family as it blooms.
Chrysathemum is such a lovable flower. Unfortunately we really can't get them in WA yet.
@@user-fr4hw5ky5d hello friend , sorry I can't type your name. I live in the Seattle, WA.. I have many kinds of the Chrysanthemum, if you 'd like its. I'll share ..
@@loantran4983 Pardon me? Hahaha, Seattle as in Washington? Sorry I live in Perth, Western Australia. Thanks for sharing though!
@@user-fr4hw5ky5d Hijjj I thought you live in the Washington...
This guy is serious about his mums :)
Do you sale the seeds?
sir plz give seeds flower
In video 1:56.
Thank you!
here bc of animal crossing
In our country india chrysanthemum flower are too small 😕 How can we grow this much big flower?
You have no clue. I've seen bigger in India. Go to some flower shows.
He showed you how, by cutting off excess flowers. The plant puts more energy into growing the few that are left.
🥰😍
Eto boro chandramallika ful ami kokhono dekhini
india
godawori in nepali language