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Asteraceae
Oxeye daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Also known as Chrysanthemum leucanthemum f. tubiflorum, Matricaria leucanthemum, Chamaemelum leucanthemum, Pyrethrum leucanthemum
Native Plants · Daisy · Wildflower · White · Cottage · Meadow · Pollinator · Hardy · Naturalized · Perennial
Oxeye daisy is a cheerful, low-maintenance perennial that produces classic white daisy flowers from late spring through summer. It thrives in average garden soil with minimal watering once established. This hardy wildflower is perfect for naturalized gardens, meadows, and cottage-style plantings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 5.2–7
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Antipodean Is., Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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