$9.00 - Chrysanthemum Plug Plants supplied as a 3cm x 5cm coir and peat plug.
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$13.00 - Chrysanthemum plant supplied in a 7cm pot
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When you receive your plugs or 7cm potted plants, either pot them up or plant them out into their permanent positions. Water as needed, but take care not to overwater. For the best results, protect young plants from snails and slugs.
Chrysanthemum ‘White Pom Pom’ is a charming and dependable variety, prized for its neat, perfectly rounded blooms. The flowers are small to medium in size and white, resembling little snowballs that hold their shape beautifully. Their uniformity and abundance make them especially striking when grown in groups or used as cut flowers.
This variety is a reliable mid-season bloomer, producing strong stems and tidy foliage that help display its blooms to full effect. White Pom Pom is often chosen for floral arrangements, weddings, and exhibition work, where its colour and pleasing form add a touch of freshness and elegance.
Blooming Period: March to April
Suitable For: Cut flowers, garden displays, and exhibitions
Growing Options: Can be grown in the ground or in pots
Characteristics:
Flower Type: Pompon
This variety is a reliable mid-season bloomer, producing strong stems and tidy foliage that help display its blooms to full effect. White Pom Pom is often chosen for floral arrangements, weddings, and exhibition work, where its colour and pleasing form add a touch of freshness and elegance.
Blooming Period: March to April
Suitable For: Cut flowers, garden displays, and exhibitions
Growing Options: Can be grown in the ground or in pots
Characteristics:
Flower Type: Pompon
- Colour: White, and depending on the season, can have lemon tones to the centre of the ball.
- Bloom Size: Small to medium (typically 3–5 cm in diameter)
- Bloom Time: Mid-to-late autumn (April–May in New Zealand)
- Growth Habit: Upright, slender stems and multiple blooms per stem. Height 80cm
- Pruning:
- January pruning to encourage bushier growth. Cut back before January 20th to 15cm above soil level.
- Light tidy-up in February to remove weak shoots
- Fertilizing:
- Balanced slow-release fertiliser (e.g., Novatec or Osmocote)
- Additional potassium (sulphate of potash) before flowering to enhance bloom quality
- Pinching/Disbudding:
- Pinching early in the season encourages multiple blooms per stem
- Minimal disbudding is needed
- Support: May need light staking or netting to keep stems upright
- Watering: Keep soil evenly moist but well-drained
- Highly popular in floristry and bouquets.
- Excellent as a filler flower in arrangements, adding texture and contrast
- A low-maintenance chrysanthemum that produces abundant blooms suitable for the home garden and Flower farm.