Here are only 25 of more than 1,400 blossoms of the Ozukuri, or the Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum, all blooming from a single stem at Longwood Gardens. Ozukuri is a horticultural art and technique that originated several hundred years ago in China and Japan. At 12-feet in diameter, this plant is the largest of its kind outside of Asia. The process takes 18 months and involves nurturing a single stem cutting into an extremely large plant. Through meticulous pinching and pruning, the end of each individual branch yields one bloom, and then the whole plant is carefully arranged into a dome-like frame for display.

Longwood Gardens
Kennett Square, PA

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