| Scientific Name: | Chrysanthemum x morifolium |
| Common Name: | garden mum, florist's mum |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Flowering cut plant, Flowering pot plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Floristry, Group or mass planting, Indoor plant, Medicinal plant, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Ovate, Pinnately lobed, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), White, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Magenta, Red, Bronze, Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most ovate with 5 serrate lobes, 5-10cm long x 3-6cm, rough surface, each lobe, blade extends the length of the petiole; inflorescence heads with bright, daisy-like ray florets, available in many colours depending on cultivar. | |