Chrysanthemum 'Brandywine Sunset'
Best late-season perennial for gardeners seeking deer-resistant autumn color.
Add vibrant color to your late-season garden with Chrysanthemum 'Brandywine Sunset'. This perennial boasts stunning yellow and cream blooms that deepen in cooler temperatures, creating a beautiful contrast with its deep green foliage. Perfect for beds, borders, or as cut flowers, this compact plant is also deer resistant and attracts butterflies and bees. It thrives in full sun and requires moist, well-drained soil, providing reliable color when other plants begin to fade. Enjoy its beauty from fall into early winter.
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Item Form
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Who it's for
- Gardeners seeking vibrant, evolving late-season landscape color
- Cold-climate growers needing reliable, winter-hardy perennial plants
- Landscapers wanting sturdy, upright plants for borders and bouquets
Who should skip it
- Low-maintenance gardeners who prefer hands-off plant care
- Northern growers facing early, harsh autumn frosts
- Gardeners in humid climates avoiding disease-prone varieties
Performance breakdown
Seasonal Longevity
Provides reliable, vibrant color well after most garden perennials have faded.
Pollinator Appeal
Actively draws butterflies and bees to sustain late-season garden ecosystems.
Pest Resilience
Natural deer resistance minimizes the need for protective barriers or sprays.
Landscape Versatility
Compact habit fits seamlessly into borders, beds, or decorative container arrangements.
Climate Adaptability
Hardiness zones 5 through 9 offer wide regional planting flexibility.
Maintenance Ease
Requires standard well-drained soil and moderate watering for optimal health.
Key Specs
Item Form
1-Quart
Hardiness Zones
5 - 9
Mature Height
3 Feet
Mature Width
2.5 Feet
Bloom Season
Fall
Growth Habit
Compact
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Plant Life Cycle
Perennial
Features
- Vibrant yellow and cream blooms
- Extends garden color into fall
- Deer resistant
- Attracts butterflies and bees
- Compact habit
- Ideal for beds and borders
- Suitable for cut flowers
What customers say
Customers consistently praise the exceptional color performance and reliability of the 'Brandywine Sunset' chrysanthemum. Reviewers frequently highlight the unique blend of copper, bronze, and deep orange hues, noting that the blooms live up to the catalog photos. The primary theme is the plant's robust quality and dependable hardiness, establishing quickly and returning reliably year after year, offering tremendous late season value and a striking visual impact.
Know before you buy
This chrysanthemum thrives in full sun, which means at least six hours of direct sunlight daily. It requires well-drained soil to prevent root rot, so ensure your planting site does not stay waterlogged.
Chrysanthemum 'Brandywine Sunset' is a hardy perennial suitable for zones 5 through 9. As long as your garden falls within these zones, the plant is designed to return each year.
Since this variety reaches a mature width of 2.5 feet, you should space them at least 2.5 to 3 feet apart on center. This allows for proper air circulation and ensures the plant has enough room to reach its full, compact size.
While it has a naturally compact habit, you can pinch back the stems in early summer to encourage bushier growth and more prolific blooms. After the fall bloom season concludes, you can trim the foliage back once the plant has gone dormant.
Yes, this variety is considered deer resistant. While no plant is entirely deer-proof if food sources are scarce, the taste and texture of these chrysanthemums are generally unappealing to deer.
Absolutely. 'Brandywine Sunset' makes an excellent cut flower, providing vibrant yellow and cream color to indoor vases during the late-season months when other flowers are fading.
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