Monday, March 27, 2006

Need help! Is this a Marigold or Dahlia? No! It's a Chrysanthemum


Was searching through the Garden Plants and Flowers Encyclopedia and got pretty confused as to whether this flower is a Marigold or Dahlia. How can you tell the difference?

My aunt got this plant as a gift during the Chinese New Year at her home at Kampung Rasa, Rawang. The plant gift being goldish and orangish probably means prosperity and wealth all year round. It's also wrapped with red ribbons. How nice!

Update (March 31, 2006)
Thanks to identification by gingerblue, this flower is actually a Chrysanthemum.

There are about 30 species of chrysanthemum out there. I wonder which species this is. It's said to have originated from China about 2500 years ago. That's really long time ago.

Over here in Malaysia, chrysanthemum tea is a famous drink especially among the chinese. Our yummy YEO's chrysanthemum tea, so sweet and nice!

So if you simply need to grow some chrysanthemum, check out this site.

Also at Wikipedia, you can check out the chrysanthemum's history, ornamental uses, culinary uses, and its various species.

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