Chrysanthemum | Pooly's Champagne Chronicle Books use our ARS secateurs for

use our ARS secateurs for this job to ensure nice clean cuts

to rejuvenate the foliage

It is an excellent choice for both the border and containers and really only requires the odd prune in early spring to tidy it up

This stunning Chrysanthemum George Griffiths with its dark ruby tones with touches of gold will be available in limited numbers this year

Some gardeners pinch back every few weeks until January to encourage heavy autumn flowering

Chrysanthemum | Pooly's Champagne Chronicle Books use our ARS secateurs forPooly's Champagne is an Autumn flowering type that has long stems, however flower size and stem length is actually determined on how you prune your plants. If you want single large flowers then you will need to pinch your plants out which means removing the growing tip. You will need to do this twice, in November and again in January to give around 4 stems per plant. Remove any other stems and keep the strongest four. Be sure to stake the plants as