Chrysanthemum | Diablo Sarah-Jane Hicks hand-drawn illustrations and step-by-step guides

hand-drawn illustrations and step-by-step guides

~ Erin Benzakein

It is a standout plant for the garden border

doing this will also stimulate new growth and a fresh burst of flowering

Chrysanthemum | Diablo Sarah-Jane Hicks hand-drawn illustrations and step-by-step guidesChrysanthemum Diablo has wonderful large white blooms with incurving petals. For this variety, cut back once in November or thereabouts to give a bushier plant and to promote flowering in autumn time, this helps the blooms grow 'true to colour' without getting bleached out by the summer sun. As the flower buds form, if you are just wanting single quite large flowers then these should be "disbudded" which is removing all the little flower buds that