i dont think that these flowers are old fashion at all infact they are an iconic symbol for a flower, orange ones go well with blue bells with orange flowers exploading every where on a blue canvas ^.^

Hi, how do you gey Chrysanthemum and blue bells to flower at the same time?, 1 is spring flowering, the other autumn, Derek.

I was just thinking that Derek...perhaps it's not the same bluebell that we are thinking of! Mule, what's your question...not sure what you're asking, sorry!

Intriguing - joining in as I'd loke to find out what bluebells Wildlifebalcony means. Blue flowers in November are pretty thin on the ground??

Mule, www.chrysanthemumsdirect.co.uk/‎ is a site you might find helpful for starters.

Monkshood perhaps?

That's clever.

'Emperor of China' is a good one, along with 'Burnt Orange' - these two have slightly spoon shaped petals, but if he's thinking of the enormous headed ones sold by florists, they're not fully hardy.

left to their own devices they naturally flower when the day length is shortening and the light quality is right.