Actually, though, the “official” Japanese flower is the 16-petal chrysanthemum used for the ... is three blossom-tipped branches from one stem, known as sanbon-jitate. The blossoms are ...

The “chop” forces plants to produce bushier growth, resulting in sturdier, tighter and fuller plants that aren’t as likely to ...

Choose flowers with healthy stems that are saturated with water ... according to the Just Chrysanthemum campaign, an ...

The huge, durable flowers of single stem varieties are better for larger arrangements. Though hardly perfumed, all chrysanthemums have a unique, almost spicy smell. It’s not unpleasant ...

Chrysanthemum flowers are bitter aromatic herbs and can ... from Greek dendron (tree), referring to the woody stem, and for over three decades that became the official name. Then in 1995 Piers ...