Does any one know if the common daisy is a chrysanthemum or a bellis? I
have
a whole bunch dotted around my garden right now bouncing here and there
amongst the peonea's and roses, I have had these particular daisys for
15
years they keep going by means of re-seeding I think they are bellis?
laura
They sound like bellis, from your description. :)
English daisy (Bellis perennis) image:
http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod03/visuals/belpea3h.jpg
http://www.sfsu.edu/~jtolson/vgarden/1996/html/bellispe.htm
Description:
http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod03/01700119.html
Small plants, suitable for rock gardens. Prefer cool weather,
dislikes clay. Flowers close at dusk.
Oxeye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) image:
http://www.vmnh.org/oxeye.htm
Description:
http://ohioline.osu.edu/b866/b866_4.html
They're larger plants, bloom later in the season...and perennial.
Painted daisy (Chrysanthemum coccineum)
http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod03/visuals/chrcoa1h.jpg
http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod03/01700232.html
Again, taller plants...perennial...but can seed around somewhat.
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I think they are Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, (or Leucanthemum vulgare) -
if,
what you are describing are the ones with the white rays flowers and
yellow
disk flowers that we call Ox-Eye daisies; from Europe and Asia,
naturalized
in the USA.
karen, nj
I
have
> a whole bunch dotted around my garden right now bouncing here and
there
> amongst the peonea's and roses, I have had these particular daisys
for 15
thanks for the links ! I am still not sure . I got these plants via a
wild
flower mix that my uncle gave me they have been a wildly relyable
spring
time treat for years. they get pretty tall and fall all over them
selves
so I was looking for them in the book " the well tended perenial garden
"(
which I keep hearing people on this list refer to so I went out and
bought
it , what a great book!) to see if they could be pinched back before
flowering to achieve shorter sturdier plants. they don't look like
shasta
daisys because they look more weedy they have a 1/2 inch yellow center
and
1 inch white petals.
laura
