Chrysanthemums, admired globally for their intricate capitulum structures, have posed a genetic puzzle for scientists and horticulturists. The genetic mechanisms that dictate their development have ...

Chrysanthemums are flowering plants native to East Asia. These edible flowers are often used as both a garden decoration and natural pest control, but they also have culinary applications. Yellow or ...

The chrysanthemum in Japan represents fall and is often used as a floral offering or as a Buddhist flower. Its ornate bloom is also the emblem of the imperial family and appears on Japanese passports.

Asked what flower represents their country, most Japanese are likely to point to cherry blossoms. Actually, though, the “official” Japanese flower is the 16-petal chrysanthemum used for the imperial ...

Chrysanthemums, or 'mums', are quite the controversial topic amongst flower growers, gardeners, and florists. The seventies 'chrysanth' is often thought of as a fairly ugly, prissy thing, with static, ...

For such a dreamlike flower, chrysanthemums can be a nightmare to grow. Despite its idyllic reputation among China’s literati, the actual work of cultivating and picking chrysanthemum is backbreaking: ...

"I don't have a particular preference for chrysanthemum, yet there are indeed no better looking flowers after it blooms," wrote the Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Yuan Zhen in his poem "Chrysanthemum." ...

You might know chrysanthemums, or mums, as a many-petaled flower found all over the world in garden beds and flowerpots. Chrysanthemum blooms range from pale yellow to bright red, with some purple and ...

"I don't have a particular preference for chrysanthemum, yet there are indeed no better looking flowers after it blooms," wrote the Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Yuan Zhen in his poem "Chrysanthemum." ...