Pompons
By LoveToKnow
Pompons - Anastasia, light purple; Blushing Bride, rose-lilac; Flora, Golden; Golden Fleece, golden; L'Ami Conderchet, primrose; Little Bob, crimson; Mignon, Mr Selby, Mrs E. Stacey, yellow; Orange Pet.
The flowers are double pompons up to 4 inches across. The foliage remains attractive until fall, disappearing underground entirely for the winter. Many cultivars are available.
A captivating little plant for the front of the border, tassel flower produces small, scarlet-orange pompons which, when viewed from a distance, seem like they're floating in air.
The flowers occur in various forms, and can be daisy-like, decorative, pompons or buttons. This genus contains many hybrids and thousands of cultivars developed for horticultural purposes.
And flowers range from small pompons to several inches diameter. Flowers include single bloom, double bloom and more. If color is what you are looking for, Dahlias are your answer.
The hundreds of cultivars of mums are classified by flower shape: pompons are double and ball shaped; reflexed are double with downward curving rays; spiders are double with long tubular, spreading rays; spoons are semidouble with spoon shaped rays; ...
In size, they range from little pompons 1in (2.5cm) across to big blossoms 4 in (10.2cm) in diameter - a 3 in (7.6cm) blossom is about average for centifolias. "Cabbage roses" is an old common name for these roses.
This sports medium-sized, deep yellow, double pompons.
Attributes - Dahlia 'Deepest Yellow'
Plant Type: Bulb ...
Decoratives have double or semi-double flowers and usually grow to over 18 inches tall.
Pomponshave small ball-shaped flowers, on plants that are usually under 18 inches tall.
Flowers are cream colored, hemispheric pompons. Seeds germinate well without scarification, but germination may be improved by immersing seed in boiling water for 3 seconds and then allowing it to cool and dry.
Single-flowered types ('Single Marguerite', 'Single California Giant') look like multicolored daisies. Other China asters resemble pompons ('Giant Princess', 'Powderpuff') or peonies ('Opus').
 See also: Green, May, Pink, Orange, Aster
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