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What is this flowering in November?

lb191lb191 Posts: 80
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Hi, my children bought me a plant that I potted outside without any information about it.

It was covered in glitter at first  :#

It’s had two winters and three summers with us and it does very little all year until the weather gets cold and it suddenly blooms. Last week it bloomed again.

I think it might be a chrysanthemum but can’t find information about it flowering in November because all results are about it being the flower for November birthdays.

Anyone have any idea about what it is, why it’s flowering now and why the winter hasn’t killed it?

Also, it looks a bit leggy. Should I cut it back and when?

Thanks
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  • lb191lb191 Posts: 80

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I wonder if it's a type of Aster, which would explain why it's still alive. They thrive on neglect.  ;)
    I can't see the photo clearly enough though.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It looks to me like a rather unhappy late flowering hardy chrysanthemum ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Agree, chrysanthemum.  It will be much happier and flower better if you can plant it in the ground.  Here's mine, 19th November and still in full bloom, if slightly bedraggled by this morning's heavy rain showers.

    It doesn't really get going until October.  And yes, I know it's a bit "loud", but that's what I need on a grey November day :).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    I have two Chrysanthemum in pots, which is what your plant is Ib191, mine are just finishing off flowering.  In early Spring I cut them right down to  4 - 6 inches. I give them a good summer feed and once they show signs of green/new growth I start to feed and water weekly or as needed.  You need to treat your plant the same, and hopefully in a year or two it will look like these. I would suggest you start by repotting it in the Spring - give it a good mix of compost, grit and a small spoon of bonemeal or something similar.

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I like the red one, @Guernsey Donkey2 ,  Do you know what variety it is?
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    I will look for the label in the morning - the plant came in a 4 inch pot from B&Q a couple of years ago - we were surprised at how well it flourished into this bushy plant with some tlc.
  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    Lovely patio mums, and a urn of violas, jasmine on the wall.
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    What a colourful corner you have there cornelly, they really attract the eye with their colour. A lovely display.
    My only gripe with Chrysanths (and many other plants too) is that they don't appear to attract the bees, or not that I have noticed, have you?  However a few dotted here and there with bee friendly plants in the majority of the garden is acceptable in my book.
  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    Guernsey Donkey, It is the double chrysanths that don't attract the bees, the singles do, I much prefer singles, more appealing..
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