Chrysanthemums are classified according to shape and arrangement of petals. The major types of hardy mums include the following.

Daisies or Singles have daisy-like flowers with yellow centers.

Anemones are like single mums but with a rounded crest of deeper color.

Decoratives have double or semi-double flowers and usually grow to over 18 inches tall.

Pompons have small ball-shaped flowers, on plants that are usually under 18 inches tall.

Cushion mums are not a flower form but a name used for early-flowering, low, bushy mums.

These are just a few of the many cultivars available:

White-flowered Cultivars

* ‘Chablis’ is an early flowering, white decorative with a creamy center.
* ‘Encore’ is a formal late decorative with white flowers.
* ‘Linda’ is a late-season white decorative with excellent flower form.
* ‘Patriot’ is a pure white, mid-late season pompon with a spreading plant habit.
* ‘Tracy’ is a very late white double daisy with a spreading growth habit.

Yellow-flowered Cultivars

* ‘Jessica’ is a midseason, bright yellow decorative with long-lasting flowers.
* ‘Yellow Sarah’ is a late-blooming, yellow quilled decorative. Excellent growth habit.
* ‘Allure’ is a mid-season, bright yellow daisy with a green eye. It has a cushion growth habit and tolerates high temperatures.
* ‘Yellow Jacket’ is a prolific and very uniform daisy with an excellent habit.

Bronze Cultivars

* ‘Cheyenne’ is a large, mid-season, bronze decorative with a button-like texture.
* ‘Denise’ is a very late season, large, pastel bronze decorative with a mounding habit.
* ‘Eclipse’ is a mid-season peaches and cream decorative with a compact and spreading habit.
* ‘Flame’ is a spectacular flame-orange mid-season daisy with large flowers. It is compact and uniform.
* ‘Oriole’ is a late burnt orange daisy that is extremely long-lasting.

Pink and Purple Cultivars

* ‘Barbara’ is a late-small, purple pompon.
* ‘Bordeaux’ has burgundy-red flowers with neat, semi-tube petals in mid-early season.
* ‘Cabernet’ Late-season lavender decorative. Flowers up to 3 inches in diameter; one of the largest-flowered garden mums available.
* ‘Debonair’ is a lavender decorative with a durable spreading habit.
* ‘Lynn’ is a two-tone lavender decorative with purple centers surrounded by lavender petals.
* ‘Tinkerbell’ is an intense purple decorative. It is early strong and compact.
* ‘Stargazer’ is a dark lavender daisy with an excellent habit. It is sensitive to overwatering and poor drainage.
* ‘Tripoli’ is a very late blooming, vibrant pink daisy with golden yellow center.

Coral and Salmon flowered Cultivars

* ‘Grenadine’ is a popular, early coral decorative with a compact habit. The flower color fades under warm conditions.
* ‘Radiant Lynn’ has a decorative flower form with salmon-pink outer petals surrounded by raspberry tinged center petals.
* ‘Serenade’ Vibrant rose-coral decorative with large flowers. It blooms earlier than ‘Grenadine’.

Red Flowered Cultivars

* ‘Bravo’ has dark red decorative flowers on strong, compact plants.
* ‘Garnet’ is a formal mid-season red pompon. Flowers are bright crimson, maturing to bronze.
* ‘Ruby Mound’ is a maroon-red early decorative with large flowers.
* ‘Salsa’ is a red daisy with a light green eye and a mounding growth habit.