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More than 15000 cultivars are listed in Japan alone.
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The National Chrysanthemum Society of Britain lists over 6000 cultivars.
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Spray Types
White : Super white, White spider
Yellow : Sunbeam, Super yellow
Pink : Blue Marble, Blue Winner
Pale pink : Pink Marble, Snapper
Red : Red Fandango, Red Nero, Red,
Bronze : Bronze Nero, Tuneful
Light bronze : Apricot Marble, Orange Aglow
Purple : Fandango, Flamenco
Salmon : Coral Marble
Standard Type
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White : Giant Indianapolis White, Snow Ball
Yellow : Bright Golden Anne, Chandrama
Pink : Cassandra, Deep Champagne
Red : Red Anne
Bronze : Resilient, Alfred Wilson
Purple : Purple Anne
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Small-Flowered for POT Culture
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White : Mercury, Honeycomb
Yellow : Aparajita,
Mauve : Megami
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Small-Flowered for CUT-Cultur
Yellow : Sujata
Mauve : Nilima
Small-Flowered for Garland
White : Birbal Sahni, Sharad Shobha
Yellow : Basanti
3. Potomac :
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It is a single large flowered type of variety.
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Ray florets of this variety are long, elongated and strap like.
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Number of whorl of florets restricted up to four.
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The disc is conspicuously visible.
4. M-24 :
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It is a large flowering variety of spoon type.
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Ray florets of this variety are tubular with spatula like open tips.
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The size of open portion varies.
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Disc visible.
5. Agnishikha :
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It is a gamma ray induced new mutant.
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It is a small flowering variety of decorative type producing erythrite red flowers.
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Ray florets are strap-like.
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Number of whorls of ray florets is more than five.
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Disc is not visible due to developed ray florets.
7. Harvest Home:
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It is a small flowered variety of stellate type.
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Ray florets of this variety are strap-like but both the side of ray florets are reflexed downward.
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Florets may not be twisted.
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Disc flat with short florets.
8. Gypsy Queen :
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It is a large flowering variety of spider type.
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The ray florets are tubular and elongated with tips open or closed.
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Tips may be open or closed but in either case they are coiled or hooked.
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The rays may either fall or spread.
10. NBRI Indiana:
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It is a small flowered, yellow, pompon type, suitable for mini and pot culture.
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It is also a very good cut flower and garland variety.
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It has been developed by crossing `Little Darling' (orange) as female and `Nanako' (yellow) as male parents
11. Gamit :
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It is a large flowering variety of reflexed type.
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Ray florets of this variety are narrow to broad.
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Ray florets bent backward and downward.
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Inner florets remain incurved at the early stage concealing the disc florets of the bloom.
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Outer florets turn outward from the central tuft.
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Blooms look globular but may be somewhat flattened.
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Average bloom size 15-20cm.
12. Nanako :
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It is a small flowered variety of pompon type.
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Ray florets of this variety are short, broad and very systematically and uniformly arranged .
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Width and breath almost equal.
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Ray give florets may be incurved or reflexed.
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Disc is normally covered or inconspicuously open.
15. Shabnam :
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It is a small flowering variety of decorative type.
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The disc is not visible due to developed ray florets.
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Ray florets regular or irregularly reflexed .
16. Taruni :
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It is a large flowered variety of reflex incurve.
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Ray florets of the flowers are narrow to broad.
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Ray florets bent backward and downward.
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Inner florets remain incurved at the early stage concealing the disc florets of the bloom.
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Outer florets turn outward away from the central tuft.
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Blooms look globular but may be somewhat flattened.
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Average bloom size 15-20cm.
17. Pournima :
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It is a large flower pompon type producing white flowers.
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Ray florets of the flowers are short, broad and very systematically and uniformly arranged to give bloom a contact hemispherical shape.
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Width and breath almost equal.
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Ray give florets may be incurved or reflexed.
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Disc normally covered or inconspicuously open.
The Floriculture Division of NBRI has recently developed four new varieties of chrysanthemum through selective crossing and seedling collection. These varieties, are being released as `NBRI Golden Jubilee Year Varieties
1. NBRI KUSUM
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It is a small flowered, yellow open disc, single Korean type chrysanthemum good for pot culture.
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It is a bushy compact with profuse blooming habit in late November. The plant habit and shape is most attractive for exhibition.
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Plant height – 45 to 50 cm, 255 flower heads/plant, 22 flowers/stem, 42 florets/flower head, floret length 2.1 cm, floret width 0.40 cm, flower head diameter 4.2 cm, floret colour bright yellow [09/A (Fan1)].
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It has been developed by crossing `Haldighati' (yellow) as female and `Sharad Kanti' (yellow) as male parents.
2. NBRI LITTLE DARLING
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It is a small flowered, terracotta pompon type mini chrysanthemum.
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It is a unique genetic strain with dwarf, bushy, compact round shape, profuse blooming habit in early December.
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The plant habit and shape is most attractive for `mini culture'.
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It has been developed by crossing `White Charm' (white) as female and `Jubilee' (bronze) as male parents
3. NBRI MINI JESSIE
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It is a small flowered, cineraria type mini chrysanthemum.
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It requires neither `Pinching' not `Staking'. It is a unique genetic strain with dwarf, bushy, compact round shape, profuse blooming habit in early December.
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The plant habit and shape is most attractive for `mini culture'.
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It has been developed by crossing `Cameo' (pink) as female and `Jessie' (purple) as male parents.
IIHR VARIETIES:
3.Chandrakant : It yields about 150 flowers/plant
4.Chandrika : Hybrid between angela and gp-1.
5.Keerthi : Hybrid between angela and gp-1.
6.Pankaj : Early variety.
7.Rakhee : Seedling progeny of lord doonex.
8.Ravikiran : Hybrid between flirt & valentine.
9.Red gold : It is hybrid between flirt & valentine.
10.Yellow gold : Mutant induced from flirt.
PUNJAB GOLD:
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It is a hybrid between Flirt & Gel-e-sahir ,
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Released from PAU in 1999.
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Ray florets are coppery red which turn to golden at full bloom.
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Good for pot culture and resistant against septoria leaf spot.
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