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Oriental Chrysanthemum
MoominMama
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I found these seeds quite by chance last year. It was a James Wong range for wildlife gardening. I grew them in my allotment. Only a few germinated successfully but wow! they were fantastic! Big multi-stemmed plants with delicate grey/green leaves and beautiful creamy yellow flowers. hundreds of them all summer.
I was so proud of them I entered them in the local (very small) show - and won a prize! I felt a bit guilty though. The class was for 5 stems of the same flower. As you can see, I had multi flowers on each stem and they made quite a show!
Sadly, I was unable to grow any this year from my collected seed and hav'nt seen them in the shops again. Any ideas?
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The plant is Glebionis coronária (formerly Chrysanthemum coronarium).
Check at Thompson & Morgan and Chiltern, where they have the double varieties.
Suttons has it under the "veg" section, as the plant is edible.