East Conservatory 2018

East Conservatory Entrance with planters of "Sheffield Yellow Mums" and

Chrysanthemum Trees of "Sheffield Tan Mums."  Each tree is a single mum plant,

whose lower branches have all been pinched off.

"Sheffield Mums" in planters and grown as trees.

"Sheffield Yellow Mums"

Inside the doors were planters filled with "Gethsemane Yellow Mums."

"Gethsemane Yellow Chrysanthemums"

This is the Big One - a single mum plant with 1,000 flowers held up on a metal rack.

It takes 17 months of training to get here and 2,000 man-hours of labor.

This is the interior of the East Conservatory.

A field of "Norton Vic Mums" and "Purple Salvia" behind the Big Mum.

Mums are highly trainable plants, and these are 10 feet high.

On several occasions, gardeners from Longwood have gone to Japan for extended periods 

and studied with master Japanese gardeners with long experience in training exotic

chrysanthemums into many shapes.

Giant Irregular Incurve Chrysanthemums in three colors.  All branches and buds

have been pinched off the sides, so that only one single flower at the top is produced.

These are very different from the mums you buy in the store, and these require a great

deal of work over a long time to produce this final flower.

The East Conservatory seen from the opposite side, with waterfalls and ponds.

The two yellow mums are single plants with 500 flowers each.

The "500 Flower Yellow Mums" are in a reflecting pool atop one of the waterfalls.

Each of the "Japanese Pagodas" is a single plant supported by a metal frame.  You can

see the stem in the center of each.

A "500 Yellow Chrysanthemum" Plant

The "Fan Form" is new this year, made up of White Mums and some "Red Kurumi Mums."

This is made of 3 plants, whose long stems can be seen.

"Powder Puff Mums."  Yellow centers and white petals.

A bed of "Powder Puff Mums" and small "Statesman Chartreuse Mums."

Chocolate Brown "Candid Chrysanthemums."

"Chocolate Brown Candid Chrysanthemum"

A bed of "Nijin Buruni Gold and Brown" Irregular Incurve Chrysanthemums

"Nijin Buruni Chrysanthemums" - Gold lined with Purple/Brown.

"Nijin Buruni Irregular Incurve"

Many of the varieties of mums have been brought from Japan.

The "1000 Flower Mum" and surrounding beds.

Longwood is also a special center of research on Camellias.  They are especially

trying to develop plants which can take colder climates.  This is a Pink Camellia.

"White Camellia"

"Pink Camellia"

The "North Conservatory" is built around a sunken area, which can be flooded (as here)

or dry and used for concerts.  There are flower planters all around the basin, and right

now they are filled with yellow mums and various shades of orange kalanchoe.

In the left background are the "Vernal Falls" mums, and they can be found in many other 

places in the conservatories.  In the center are the "Red Kuruni Mums" trained in

spiral topiary.

"Vernal Falls Anemone Mums"

Yellow Mums and Orange Kalanchoe.

"Indian Summer Decorative Mums."  Every one of the flowers is slightly

different, with shades of yellow, orange, copper, and brown.

Bed of "Indian Summer Chrysanthemums."

"Indian Summer Mum"

Large urn with "Greenacres Decorative Mums"

"Wind Dancer" yellow spider chrysanthemums.  They were some of my favorites.

"Wind Dancer Yellow Spider Chrysanthemums"

Gorgeous "Wind Dancer Spider Mum."

A pot of "Heather James Regular Incurve Chrysanthemums."

"Heather James Chrysanthemums"

"Heather James Regular Incurve Chrysanthemum"

"Shower" White Spider Chrysanthemums

"Shower White Spider Chrysanthemum"

"Shower White Spider Chrysanthemums"

That's all for this year; I hope you have enjoyed the mums.

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