Shasta daisy "Silver Princess"

Daisy-chrysanthemum "Silver Princess" (shasta daisy) - Chrysanthemum maximum.
Unpretentious, popular perennial, blooming in the year of sowing.
Forms a lush bush 35 cm tall. Inflorescences Ø5-6 cm traditional white-yellow colour.
It is used to decorate the site, goes well with almost all perennials and annuals of a suitable size.
It looks spectacular in group plantings against the background of shrubs, in borders, in mixed flower beds. Good for cutting.
Agricultural technology.
Sowing seeds in open ground in spring or before winter. With spring sowing and soil temperature + 15 ° C, seedlings appear in 14-20 days.
It can be sown for seedlings in late March-early April, with planting seedlings in open ground in mid-May.

* The main difference between this species and its varieties is later flowering. In Estonia, they bloom no earlier than the first decade of July.
It has an unusually long flowering - from July to frost. This is due to the fact that new shoots are formed throughout the season.
But such continuous flowering takes a lot of strength from the plant and makes it unstable to adverse conditions.
The growth and formation of new shoots throughout the season is a property of young plants. Therefore, the daisy-chrysanthemum is grown almost like a biennial.
The plant overwinters with a rosette of leaves. In culture since 1816.

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