This pretty cool-season perennial is often grown as an annual in areas with hot summers.
A wonderful cool-season perennial, English daisy plants create beautiful, low mats of foliage topped with neat blooms.
They boast cheery blooms as long as the weather isnt too hot.
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English daisies areperennials but are often treated as annualsdue to their temperamental nature in hot summer weather.
This low-growing plant makes a great companion to other cool-season plants like pansies andornamental kale.
English daisy is toxic to humans.
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It needs soil with excellent drainage but can grow in acid, alkaline, and neutral soil.
Because the flowers are small, planting it in clusters or drifts creates the best effect.
Dig a hole that has the depth of the root ball and is twice as big.
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English daisies can take part shade and will perform better when sheltered in hot weather.
Soil and Water
For the best results, plant your English daisy inwell-drained, evenly moist soil.
That’s why typically these plants are treated as either biennials or cool-season annuals.
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Pruning
As the flowers of English daisy fade, they’ll benefit from deadheading.
Removing the old blooms will encourage new blooms and keep the plants from spending energy on producing seed.
For the best results, start with fresh plants every spring.
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Plant them in a container with large drainage holes and use well-draining potting mix.
How to Propagate English Daisy
English daisyis primarily grown from seed.
Cover the seeds with 14 inch of soil.
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Germination occurs in 7 to 14 days.
Keep the soil evenly moist.
To start English daisies from seed outdoors, wait until all danger of frost has passed.
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Others are ‘Galaxy Rose’ and ‘Galaxy White’.
All form low-growing carpets of daisies with a bright yellow eye.
‘Tasso Pink’ English Daisy
This varietyproduces double soft pink flowers on compact 6-inch plants.
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Plants range from tiny creeping groundcovers to 30-inch-tall cut flowers, which are a favorite with florists.
They don’t mind cold weather and can even take a little snow and ice.
Pansies are pretty when planted in masses in garden soil but are also beloved in pots and containers.
By summer, pansies bloom less and their foliage starts to brown.
Snapdragon
Few gardens should be withoutthe easy charm of snapdragons.
The blooms come in gorgeous colors, including some with beautiful variations on each flower.
Snapdragons are also outstanding cut flowers.Snapdragons are especially usefulbecause they’re a cool-season annual.
They’re also great for fall color.
Plant them in early spring, a few weeks before your region’s last frost.
Deadhead them regularly for the best bloom and fertilize regularly.
Originally, the only varieties available had single rows of petals with a yellow center.
These beauties come in a variety of pink and red shades, blending all the way into white.
Shasta daisies grow much taller, often reaching 2 to 3 feet in height.
They tolerate heat better than English daisies.
Their flowers are also different from English daisies, with a much larger yellow center.
Updated by Nadia Hassani
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