Same variety, same mother plant, same propagation conditions - different flower sizes and height
This is one of the two garden mums (chrysanthemum indicum) I propagated (the other one is pale pink). I was a newbie when I used the cuttings and knew almost nothing about mums. In the past, I just treated them as annuals and chopped them for compost after deadheading.
Along the way, I learned more about mums and got a lot of pleasure from growing them. Most garden mums are like this - the 10 Liter pots are their final stops (for this year). So, they look similar - like splendid buttons.
The diameter of full blossoms is about 2~3cm.
However, I didn't make any labels while preparing the cuttings, so I didn't know which one was which before they finally showed some colors.
When I repotted those rooted cuttings, again, there was no label. I only put the c.morifolium cuttings aside, but at the end, two c.indicum cuttings were repotted with the white c.morifolium. They were taken to my FIL's garden in Cologne, where the growing environment was another story.
They looked so similar (flower size, plant height, leave shapes) before the bloom, but their flowers are different.
The flowers are much larger than the ones transplanted into 10L pots - like Giants.
It's almost funny to see the differences.
It's not only interesting but also makes me curious about what level of difference I can control and present as a home gardener.
