A New Spray Chrysanthemum Cultivar, “Charming Eye” with Single Type and Pink Petals for Cut Flower

A new spray chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflorum) cultivar ‘Charming Eye’ was bred by crossing between ‘Grand Pink’ and ‘Sion’. Its characteristics were investigated from 2002 to 2004 under shading culture in summer and retarding culture in spring. The natural flowering time of ‘Charming Eye’ was late October, but year-round production was possible by shading and lighting. It had flower diameter of 6.2 cm, 40 petals and 9 flowers per stem in summer. The petal was wide (1.1 cm) and the color of petal was pink with presence of light green at flower center. Days to flower from short-day start for ‘Charming Eye’ was about 56 in spring. ‘Charming Eye’ showed the vase life of 17 days in autumn.