Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum belongs to the family aster or composite perennials. The generic name chrysanthemum comes from two Greek words: "hoizos" - gold and antemos "- a flower. What is a flower chrysanthemum, in fact, represents a huge number of (sometimes up to 2000 pcs.) Various flowers, collected in one common inflorescence - a basket. Reed, tubular flowers are arranged in one big community drive, is a common bed, protected from the outside wrapping of modified bracts green leaves. The diameter of the inflorescence can reach over 20 cm in form chrysanthemum can be simple, semidouble, terry, flat, hemispheric, curly-haired, beaming, paukovidnymi, filamentous, etc.

Autumn Chrysanthemums are the last chord in the symphony of seasonal colors. Since ancient times they were conquered by its beauty the world.

Fragile flowers very late bar. They survive even under the snow. As soon contribute to heat these jingling icicles, and the flowers will live long and be able to please us with gentle colors and unique fresh greens.

In some of them like petals of frost, while others resemble the leaves of willow, a third - with feathers of birds, a quarter - with a splash of champagne, a fifth - with splashes of lightning, and the flowers themselves resemble the stars and planets.

Last year, the flowers in autumn are cool and attractive, as cool and attractive frost first frost. In the autumn days, when nature becomes poor at the paint, nice to get, give or order delivery to your home.

More than 10 000 varieties of chrysanthemums exists in the world, and incredibly difficult to say with certainty exactly when ancient peoples began to engage in their cultivation. However, images of flowers, archaeologists found fragments of marble and pottery, ornaments of ancient structures in the patterns of Oriental porcelain, and even on coins surviving from ancient times

Homeland chrysanthemums, one of the versions, see China. Residents of Chinese chrysanthemum been known for more than 2000 years ago. Initially there were only yellow chrysanthemums. Later, there were plants with a different color and shape of flowers and inflorescences.

The ninth month of the year by the lunar calendar and the ninth day of this month called the chrysanthemum. It is believed that derailed this day chrysanthemums possess magic power: return youth and health. From chrysanthemum and pine resin are prepared mysterious way, the use of which protects against age.

Chinese women like to decorate the hair this flower is because chrysanthemums symbolize fidelity. In Japan, however it is considered indecent and allowed only the children. In the IV century chrysanthemums were in Japan, which has become their second home.

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