SPIDER POMPON - CHRYSANTHEMUM FAMILY

The Spider Pompon is a unique flower within the Chrysanthemum family. Each stem has a single head with long tubular spider like petals, and a bulb-like center.

They are great to work with any wedding bouquet, table centerpiece or flower arrangement.

Spider mums are available in natural white, yellow, pink, purple, bronze and green colors and can be ordered tinted.

Some commonly used terms are defined as follows:

POMPON spray type of chrysanthemum; each stem has several flowers

CUSHION POMPON - flower is of medium length petals without button in the centre.

DAISY POMPON - flower with button in the centre.

NOVELTY POMPON - any chrysanthemum besides white, yellow, pink, and bronze cushions, any novelty colours. All novelty shapes.

BUTTON POMPON (dots): Holland/Dutch type novelty poms.

DISBUD (one single large flower per stem produced by removing all side buds when plant was young):

FUJI - synonym of spider, except it is not a spray flower.

MUM - flower with very soft and long petals; no button in the centre of flower head. Flower is very soft and cushiony on touch. Commonly produced as a disbud; sometimes referred to as football mum