General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 80-100 cm
Plant Spread: 25-30 cm
Leaves: Other: Large, smooth leaves are edible in stir-fry, soup or salad. Spicy, sweet & aromatic.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: yellow and white
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Vegetable
Salad greens
Cooked greens
Cut Flower
Edible Parts: Stem
Leaves
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds thin
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of Garland Chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria).

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Common names
  • Garland Chrysanthemum
  • Shungiku
  • Edible Chrysanthemum
  • Crown Daisy
  • Chop-Suey Greens
  • Large Leaf Tong Ho
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Glebionis coronaria
  • Synonym: Chrysanthemum coronarium
  • Synonym: Glebionis coronaria var. discolor

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Location: Crete - Mili Gorge
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: Bonifacio - Corsica - France
Date: 2024-04-30
Location: Crete - Rethymno
Location: Crete - Rethymno
Date: 2022-06-02
Location: Bonifacio - Corsica - France
Date: 2024-05-01
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-07-29
Location: Crete - Rethymno
Date: 2022-06-02
Location: Crete - Mili Gorge
Date: 2022-05-29

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: Bonifacio - Corsica - France
Date: 2024-05-01

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2020-04-28
Uploaded by Mutisia

photo by ghislain118

credit: Alves Gaspar
Location: indoors Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-12-26
Garland Chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria) seeds germinate quick

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-07-25
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-07-15

photo credit: H. Zell

Photo courtesy of: © Valter Jacinto

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-08-13

Courtesy Seeds of Victoria
  • Uploaded by vic

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy

Wild growing (introduced species) Glebionis coronaria.
Uploaded by Mutisia
Uploaded by Mutisia
Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On February 23, 2018 Seeds sown
wintersown
dnrevel On May 15, 2021 Plant emerged
Ferny foliage emerging at Project Grow garden.
dnrevel On March 22, 2021 Seeds sown
New heirloom plant in 2021. Planted at Project Grow.
antsinmypants On May 24, 2022 Plant emerged
Several seedlings emerged.
antsinmypants On May 21, 2022 Seeds sown
Indoors under lights on heat mat
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