Chinese Chrysanthemum – Bo-ju-hua (quart pot)

Description

Hardy Perennial (zones 5-10), although I like to grow in a large pot so I can bring it into the house early in autumn if it is about to blossom and the weather turns… lets you keep your options open!

Evergreen subshrub native to China, an ancient cultigen that cannot be propagated by seed. This is a choice cultivar from Strictly Medicinals, flowering to 3 feet tall and equally as wide, with single-petaled flowers of cream wit touches of pink, between 1 and 2 inches in size.

The Bo-ju-hua cultivar flowers earlier than Gong-ju-hua.

Taste sweet, considered to be a superior flower for making Chrysanthemum tea. Traditional Chinese Medicine plant – One of the Chinese herbs that ‘releases the exterior,’ used in treating common cold, flu, fever and heatstroke; high blood pressure, heart pain, atherosclerosis; dizziness, hearing loss, tinnitus, headache and migraine; red and swollen eyes, blurry vision; liver inflammation and toxicity; infections including staphylococcus, streptococcus and blood spirochetes.

Prefers sun and well-drained garden soil with frequent watering. Space plants 2 feet apart. Will probably need some staking to keep flowering branches nice and clean.