Monday, November 1, 2021

Chrysanthemum Time

 



Interior of the Longwood Gardens Main Conservatory outside Philadelphia
for the annual Chrysanthemum Festival.  Notice the red Mum-balls and white
Mum-balls hanging from the ceiling and the Yellow Blankets of Mums on the columns.




Golden Splendor Spider Mum





Pot of Golden Splendor Spider Mums




Golden Splendor Spider Mum




Red Wing Spoon Mums




Lavender Lucy Spoon Mums.  Notice the tubular petals which open out into spoon-like forms.




White Mum-ball.  Two dozen of these four foot spheres hang from the ceiling
on cables with pulleys.  There are sixteen plants in each ball, and they are
lowered to the ground each morning to be watered.  They come in four colors.




Yellow Mum-Ball




Janet Baker Spider Mums




Pot of Janet Baker Spider Mums




Dome of 500 Yellow Mums
This is a single plant with one stem and one root system, but it has been specially trained.




White Starlite Mums




Pink and White Thistle Mums - quite small




Yellow Thistle Mums




White Thistle Mums



Pink Rain Mum




Exotic White Mum




Pale Pink William Holden Mums.




Bed of William Holden Mums




Pink Anemone Tree Mums.  This is actually just six mum plants which have
been pruned and pinched so that they have a long stalk and then a large cluster
of flowers at the end.  There were also some in white.




Gold and copper "Martine" mum.




The Camellia Greenhouse had a variety of camellias.




A red and white camellia.




A pair of orchids.




Pink Nerines and White Marguerite Daisies along the Garden Path.




Chenille Plant




Bed of Dusky Queen Spider Mums beneath chenille plant.




Dusky Queen Spider Mum




There was also an exhibit of bonsai trees in the conservatory.
This maple is 45 years old.




Pink Flair Spider Mum

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Ball of pink Anemone Mums four feet in diameter.


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