Colour and Classification system.

Colours: there are twenty one possible colour classifications:  Bronze (b), Pink (p), Purple (pu), Red (r), Yellow (y), Salmon (s) - each of the preceding clasifications can be prefixed 'Light' (l) or 'Deep' (d) making eighteen, additionally white, cream and 'other colours'.

Classification: chrysanthemums are allocated a number to represent their type and natural flowering time. For the purposes of this gallery numbers in the range 23-25 are September flowering and numbers in the range 13-15 are October flowering. To determine the type 13 and 23 are 'incurved', 14 and 24 are 'reflexed', 15 and 25 are 'intermediate'. The character immediately following the 'type' number represents bloom size - 'a' is large, 'b' is medium, 'c' is small.

Link to the Chrysanthemum Forms page to see a number of diagrams depicting chrysanthemum types