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Leucanthemum × superbum, the Shasta daisy, is a commonly grown [1] flowering herbaceous perennial plant with the classic daisy appearance of white petals (ray florets) around a yellow disc, similar to the oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Lam, but larger. It originated as a hybrid produced in 1890 by the American horticulturist Luther Burbank ...
Leucanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is mainly distributed in southern and central Europe. [2] Some species are known on other continents as introduced species, and some are cultivated as ornamental plants. The name Leucanthemum derives from the Greek words λευκός – leukos ("white") and ...
When deadheading mums, trim off the spent flower and its stem down to the next leaf or node. Snipping off only the spent flower at the base of the bloom can leave an ugly, pointy stem sticking up ...
The Shasta daisy is a low-maintenance perennial plant that looks like the common daisy but grows in bushes that span about 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide, making it much larger, and more impressive ...
Coreopsis is a variable genus closely related to Bidens. In fact, neither Coreopsis nor Bidens, as defined in the 20th century, is strictly monophyletic. Coreopsis is best described as paraphyletic. Previously (1936), Coreopsis was classified into 11 sections and 114 species, but the African species were subsequently reclassified as Bidens ...
It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with many large serrated leaves around the base of the stem on winged petioles. There are smaller lance-shaped leaves alternately arranged along the stem. The inflorescence is generally a large, solitary flower head which may exceed 8 centimeters in diameter.
J. C. Brown. According to a legend, J. C. Brown was a British prospector who discovered a lost underground city beneath Mount Shasta in 1904. [11] Brown had been hired by the Lord Cowdray Mining Company of England to prospect for gold and discovered a cave which sloped downward for 11 miles (18 km). In the cave, he found an underground village ...
Tanacetum leucanthemum (L.) Sch.Bip. Leucanthemum vulgare, commonly known as the ox-eye daisy, oxeye daisy, dog daisy, marguerite (French: Marguerite commune, "common marguerite") and other common names, [2] is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia, and an introduced plant to North America, Australia ...