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What is this flowering in November?

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  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    Ib 191, cut back when the flowers have passed their best, in a pot needs a little protection to grow next year, I used to take cuttings when an exhibitor, now I tease off rooted shoots in the spring for next years flowers.
  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    I now realise saying singles isn't what I meant should have said daisy eyed, and multiple headed chrysanths, though I do like single flowering varieties too.
  • I couldn't find a label with a name for the red Chrysanth, however it seems that perhaps these don't attract bees, so which do Cornelly, is it the daisy eyed or single?
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Thanks for looking.  Re. bees, I think it would be ones where you can see a central disk of fertile bits (usually yellow) with the sterile petal parts around it, not just a mass of petals. Could be classified as singles or sprays, I guess.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Thank you for clarifying JennyJ, I wasn't too sure of the explanation.  At the moment we don't have many bees flying about - the wind has been too strong and the drop in temperature has probably encouraged them to hibernate, although I did see one on a rose over the w/end.
  • Our Clematis cirrhosa ‘Freckles’ is attracting little bumbles at the moment  :)

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





  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    Daisy eyed tend to attract the bees, our patio mums are multi headed but mostly daisy eyed, they are the flowers with the central disc.
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