菊花原產中國黃河流域的陝西秦嶺和河南伏牛山區。栽培歷史已有三千多年。
在《禮記。月令》中就有「季秋之月，鞠有黃華」的記載，証明菊花是秋天開花。到了宋代菊花品種有一百六十多種。到現今菊花己有數千品種。古今以來卻有菊花共賞。
菊花是中國傳統名花，千姿百態的花朵。紫嫣紅的色彩。清秀高雅的香氣。
深愛菊之人喜愛。古代陶淵明詩人讚頌菊花，「芳菊開林耀，青松冠岩列﹑懷此貞秀姿﹑卓為霜下傑。」可見菊花高潔，秀逸的特性描繪得淋漓盡致。
菊花耐寒﹑喜嚴霜﹑三秋重九﹑西風冷目﹑百卉凋零之際,正是菊花爛漫之時。
菊花品種因栽培方式不同﹑管理方法不同。主要分為以下品種：
（一）獨立菊—在藝菊栽培中最為普遍，其基本特徵是一株一花。又稱標本菊。
（二）立菊—最常見的一種方式﹑即一盆中可出整齊的數朵花。
（三）大立菊—選用大菊中生長勢旺盛，分枝性法﹑節間長﹑軟硬適度﹑植株高大的品種栽培而成。
（四）懸崖菊—選用中﹑小品種，經人工整形具有獨特風格盆栽﹑形似高山懸崖。
（五）塔菊—多用黃蒿﹑青蒿嫁接菊花而成。多株菊花經過多次反覆摘心 ! 一層一層的造型菊花。
（六）造型菊－選用中﹑小菊，經人工造形優美，氣勢萬千﹑如彩鳳到陽﹑仙女散花，各式其式﹑琳瑯滿目﹑極視之娛。
The chrysanthemum produces the China Huanghe River valley originally Shaanxi Qinling and the Henan Funiu highlands. The cultivation history had more than 3000 years.
Records in "the book of Rites" has “month of the last month of autumn, bows has the chrysanthemum” record proved the chrysanthemum is the autumn blossoms. Had more than 160 kinds to the Song Dynasty chrysanthemum variety. Has several thousand varieties to nowadays chrysanthemum oneself. Since the ancient and modern has had the chrysanthemum altogether to enjoy actually.
The chrysanthemum is the Chinese tradition precious flower; differ in thousands of ways flowers. Beautiful flowers color. Delicate and pretty elegant aroma.
Person of the deep love chrysanthemum likes. Ancient times the Tao Yuanming poet extolled the chrysanthemum,“the fragrant chrysanthemum opened in the forest dazzling brilliance, pine stand at the rock is tall , straight and strong. The pine and chrysanthemum have such firmness beautiful charm, outstanding stand firm image, so be called the hero.” The obvious chrysanthemum is noble and pure, the characteristic of the message describes incisively and vividly.
Chrysanthemum cold resistant, happy severe frost, the autumn and the ninth days of the ninth lunar month, west forced-air cooling item, and all of the flowers on the wane time, is precisely the chrysanthemum brilliant time. Because the chrysanthemum variety the cultivation way different, management is different. Mainly divides into following variety
(1) Independent chrysanthemum - is most common in the skill chrysanthemum cultivation, its basic characteristic is a flower. Also calls the specimen chrysanthemum.
(2) Sets up in a chrysanthemum - most common one way, namely trough to be possible to leave the neat several flowers.
(3) The Dali chrysanthemum - to select the big chrysanthemum mesozoic growing trend greatly to be exuberant, the branching law, panel length, soft hard moderate, adult plant big variety cultivation becomes.
(4) Cliff chrysanthemum – selects, the small variety, has the unique style bonsai after the artificial reshaping, to take the form of the mountain cliff.
(5) Tower chrysanthemum - multipurpose Artemisia scoparia, the Artemisia apiacea grafts the chrysanthemum to become. Many chrysanthemums pass through repeatedly pinching many times! A modelling chrysanthemum.
(6) Modeling chrysanthemum – selects the small chrysanthemum, is exquisite after the artificial shape, falls to pieces the imposing manner myriad, like color phoenix to the positive, female celestial, various types its type, dazzling, and regards the amusement extremely.
