Chrysanthemum 'Bright Eye' (21b)

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Synonyms

Dendranthema 'Bright Eye'

Herbaceous Perennial

A compact, bushy herbaceous perennial to around 60cm in height with dark green foliage. Bright, semi-double pompon-shaped golden-yellow flowers with a dark yellow centre, appear from late summer through to the autumn. Easy to grow, providing impact in beds, borders and containers or as a cut flower when other plants are beginning to fade

Position

Full sun

Soil Types

Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand

Max Height

0.5-1 metres

Max Spread

0.1-0.5 metres

Size

Time to Maturity: 1–2 years
Max Spread: 0.1-0.5 metres
Max Height: 0.5-1 metres

Growing Conditions

Chalk Clay Loam Sand

Moisture: Moist but well–drained
pH: Acid or Alkaline or Neutral

Position

Full sun

Aspect: South–facing or West–facing or East–facing
Exposure: Sheltered
Hardiness

Hardiness Ratings

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

H1A: under glass all year (>15C)
H1B: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
H1C: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20): No preference

Colour & Scent

Season	Stem	Flower	Foliage	Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Botanical Details

Family: Asteraceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Foliage: Deciduous
Habit: Clump forming, Bushy
Potentially harmful: Skin allergen. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Genus: Chrysanthemum are erect woody-based perennials with aromatic, pinnately lobed leaves and flowerheads of diverse form, from late summer to late autumn
Name Status: Accepted
Horticultural Group

Horticultural Classification Codes

Horticultural Classification Codes are often given to genera which have a large number of species or cultivars. They are used to categorise cultivated plants based on specific, shared characteristics such as shape, colour, size or flowering time, and can be displayed as letters or numbers

For example:
Dahlia ‘Sunset Kate (Sin) = Single flower
Rosa ‘Marigold’ (HT) = Hybrid Tea: Pompon Korean chrysanthemums are perennials with lobed leaves and pompon flowerheads

How to Grow

Cultivation

Does best in a well-drained, moderately-fertile soil in full sun. Pinch out the growing tip when the plants are 15-20cm tall to encourage free-flowering, bushy plants. See chrysanthemum cultivation for further information

Propagation

Propagate by division or rooting softwood cuttings in loam-less potting compost at 16 °C in spring

Suggested planting locations and garden types

City and courtyard gardens
Cottage and informal garden
Patio and container plants
Cut flowers
Flower borders and beds
Wall side borders

Pruning

Pinch out growing tips and cut down to 10cm after flowering

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids, chrysanthemum leaf miner, leaf and bud eelworms, earwigs, capsid bug and glasshouse red spider mite

Diseases

May be susceptible to chrysanthemum white rust, Powdery mildews and grey moulds