Max chrysanthemum "Shasta daisy"

Daisy-chrysanthemum "Shasta daisy" - Chrysanthemum leucanthemum.
A perennial plant, which is popularly called "chamomile".
Height up to 100 cm. Inflorescences are large (6 cm in diameter) with wide white petals and a yellow core.
Early blooming!
It is used for group plantings in flower beds and for "long-lived" bouquets.

Agricultural technology.
The plant is winter-hardy. Prefers a sunny place, fertile, fairly moist soil. It grows in one place for 3-4 years.
Propagated by seeds and spring division of the bush. Seeds are sown in May-June in open ground on seedling beds, lightly sprinkled with damp sand. At a soil temperature of +20°C, shoots appear in 14-20 days. Seedlings are planted in a permanent place in August, maintaining a distance of 25-30 cm between plants.
Sowing: in spring on seedling beds in a greenhouse or in autumn in open ground. Plants are planted in a permanent place at a distance of 30 cm from each other. Seedlings bloom in the second year.
Propagation by spring division of the bush is possible.
Care: prefers sunny places with well-fertilized, non-acidic soil. Withered inflorescences are removed. In spring it is necessary to mulch, and in autumn after flowering, to prune the stems.
Flowering: July-August.
It grows in one place for more than 5 years.

Max chrysanthemum, shasta daisy, daisy-chrysanthemum. Bot. syn.: Chrysanthemum maximum Ramond., Leucanthemum maximum. ­