Chrysanthemum 'Centerpiece' 9/2021 Mum- (UofMN, 1982) Upright Garden Mum, Mature size: 24", Rose lavender quill spoon (9B-P), USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW37, In Garden Bed J2,11 for 5.3 YEARS (FGI). Planted in 2016.
Family Asteraceae (ass-ter-AY-see-ee). University of Minnesota, 1982. Rose-lavender with gold center, 4in. quill/spoon. Tall upright. Looks good in 2017, 2018. One of my stronger growing mums.
2020 notes: This mum is in its forth year and is still going strong. Most of my other mums did not make it through the first or second winter. Soil in this garden is mostly clay and sometimes wet. There were another 11 mums that were planted in this garden and all have croaked.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Additional photos of this plant from 2016, 17, 18, %2, 19, 20, 21:
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