Chrysanthemum plant named `Spring Delano`

Abstract

A Chrysanthemum plant named Spring Delano particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; red-purple ray floret color, with the base of the ray floret being white and variable in length depending on environmental conditions; diameter across face of capitulum of 110 to 127 mm when fully opened, when grown as a pinched disbudded pot mum; photoperiodic flowering response to short days of 55 to 63 days; plant height, with 14 long days after sticking unrooted cuttings and with 1 to 2 applications of 2500 ppm B-9 SP, ranges from 25 to 35 cm when grown as a pinched pot mum with 4 cuttings in a 15 cm pot; spreading and prolific branching pattern; and recommended as a disbudded pot mum.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named Spring Delano as described and illustrated.