Bread Chrysanthemums

Bread chrysanthemum is a disbud form with a rounded, bun-like cap of petals. The list has white and pink, packed at 10 stems. It is used in commercial bouquets, sympathy work, and shop displays that need a dense round head without waiting for the peony season.

It is a chrysanthemum, not a peony and not the peony chrysanthemum in the next category. The head is tighter and more regular. The petal is firm and travels better than ranunculus or poppy, but an open cap should still not be pressed against the carton edge.

On arrival, recut and strip the lower leaves. Change the water if the bunch stands more than a few days: chrysanthemum drinks heavily and clouds the vase. Stem length and head diameter are quoted per lot. White and pink are not mixed in one bunch.

A request needs the color, the bunch count, and the date. A looser peony-style head, or a small ping-pong ball, belongs in other categories and should be ordered as its own line. A white head shows every dent on a pale ground, so a wedding run is safer when the center is still gathered.