Plants and Flowers

Daisy

June 26th, 2007

This is a perennial plant which likes full sun, and bloom from mid summer till autumn. It is 1-3 feet and requires well composted soil, moist during growing season or well drained when dormant.
Shasta daisy is the creation of plant breeder Luther Burbank, who for 15 years interbred wild species from different parts of the world to produce this modern flower of perennial garden. The flowers may reach 6 inches across, such ones come in single, double and anemone forms, and are nearly all snow white with occasional tints of yellow.
To do well these flowers need a soil fertilized with organic material such as compost, leaf mold or cow manure. They also need abundant watering during the growing season and good drainage during dormant period in the winter.
Every gardener may easily grow it from seed in the spring, but flowers grown from seed will not bloom until the next season. Division of sprouts is the best method of propagation, which can be done in the spring. To prolong the bloom period you should pick off flowers as soon as they fade. And to prevent overcrowding, separate your painted daisies and Shasta daisies after three or four years of flowering.


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