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