My shasta daisies are almost finished blooming but their pods have not started drying up. I have deadheaded a lot of them. Can I expect it to rebloom or should I cut the plant back to promote new growth and blooming? I don't know the variety of this Shasta but it only gets about 18-20 in. tall. Stays pretty compact, no floppy. I thought it was "Alaska" but internet showed that Alaska gets taller than mine.
Let's talk about shasta daisies
Is Becky considered a Shasta? If so, it's an awesome plant. Mine is still blooming. It's about 3' tall x 2.5 wide. Pic taken on 6-26-10.
Closer up. I plan to divide and spread this one around. Love it.
Kildawabbit, "Becky" is a cultivar of shasta daisies. I just got one.. ;)
I hope you like yours as well as I do mine. Mine was in a small 4" pot last spring (09) when I planted it.
Here are some of my Shasta Daisies. This picture is Alaska Shasta Daisy & Brunello Lily
This daisy is Broadway Lights, late June
This is Broadway Lights, July 4th
This Shasta Daisy is Fluffy (first year). I need to move it to a more sunny location.
I really like the 'Fluffy' being so different, the other ones are just plain gorgeous.
I've kind of been pooh-poohing Shasta Daisies for many years but after growing Becky and reading this thread I think I'm gonna have to try some more. Thanks for the pics everyone.
How tall does that Broadway lights get? I have a yellow daisy from Proven Winners that I like real well but it doesn't seem to have grown well. It is called Vanilla Butterfly and it is like a light yellow daisy. I just went outside in the dark to look at the plant tag because I couldn't remember it's name. Maybe I should transplant it to a sunnier location one evening after the sun has gone down.
I like Vanilla Butterfly. Thanks. I put it on my 'to buy' list for next year.
I adore shasta daisies. Becky is supposed to be the strongest grower in my area, so plan its location carefully. There are fewer varieties suitable for my hot climate, but so far Becky, Aglaia, Alaska and a yellow one have done very well for me. Here is Becky, in its prime back in May
Vossner, I love that gladiolus. Might it be hardy to zone 6? What variety?
glamini tom. i think in your zone, you'd have to lift bulbs in fall. don't know fer sure. It is considered a tropical.
I have 'Little Princess' here and it's just gone gangbusters on me this year. I wish I had taken some pictures of it, in fact, I just deadheaded it last night. I just love how it just took off for me. I started it from a small start last year, fertilized it with rabbit poop in the spring and it turned into this big, beautiful almost bush-like plant. I have some 'Becky' seeds that I'm going to put out this fall and I really want to get some of 'fluffy' after seeing it in the pictures above. I wish I could say that Alaska has done well for me because I love it so much but it really hasn't.
Di
Vossner, thanks. I think it is pretty enough to be worth that small amount of trouble. Plus once I get it propagated some I can experiment with zone pushing.
I am a BIG fan of glaminis, they grow to about 2 ft and don't flop, unless you plant too shallowly. I try to plant 6" deep, but if I'm too hot or tired or mosquitoes are eating me alive, then bulbs fall where they fall, lol
I have 'Snowcap' shastas in my front yard, they are the perfect height (about15") and very full. They're slowing down just a little now but still gorgeous. I deadheaded them yesterday so I'm hoping to keep them blooming longer. I have 'Becky' in the back yard &she's HUGE - at least 4 ft tall. I plan to divide that plant this fall & spread it around a bit.
vossner, I have never heard of 'glaminis'. Being miniature makes me want it even more. Mind telling me where you got yours?
got my first dozen from Brecks (can you believe it?) but these days other people sell it, including ebayers. Might be a tad late to get some now, late winter is the best time. We just had rain here, good for plants, bad for my computer. Google glaminis, and you'll see the various cultivars. there are 5-6. I have them all but my fave is Tom, a dark red.
Also worth considering are the dwarf species glads. google that too. They stay short also. Easy to get but now is kinda late.
Cool, thanks.
I posted this on a few other gardening sites. My grandmother's name was daisy. I like the blue flax with the daisies.
Don
DEM, beautiful picture! I like the way you combine plants. What is the conifer in the background?
How long does Blue Flax bloom?
The conifer is Colorado Blue Spruce. This year it is not blue. (Bought from Walmart six years ago).
I winter sowed the blue flax. They need to be planted close together to hold each other up. They bloom from May through July. This year we didn't get much rain for three or four weeks. I gathered the last of the seeds today.
Don
Here's "Old Court Variety"
Hmmm....adding 'Old Court Variety' to my list along with 'Fluffy'. I definitely like that!
How has that done for you, perenniallyme?
janaestone, I've only had it since last year. It has multiplied, but doesn't seem quite as vigorous as the other semi crazy daisy type one I have. Could be because it was a plug last year and hasn't quite taken off yet, but I don't know for sure.
Pippi21 - The Boardway Lights Shasta Daisy gets 18" - 24" tall. Mine is closer to the 24".
Also, I have the daisy shown on this post. It is a Marguerite Daisy "Vanilla Butterfly" which gets between 18" - 36"; mine is closer to the 18" but it is in partial shade versus full sun. The flowers are more yellow on this plant where as on the Broadway Lights, the color of the bloom changes from early yellow to later a pale yellow or almost white bloom.
These are from a package of seeds called "Crazy Daisy". Lots of variety and very hardy. I like the fluffy ones best.
I had a shasta daisy once that was a beautiful perfect (for my garden) butter yellow. I've been trying to find one like it, since it was destroyed by slugs. (I now use copper collars around vulnerable types.) I thought Broadway Lights would do it, but it turns almost white when older. The yellow I'm looking for is the same as the Butterfly daisy that someone else mentioned. But that's not a hardy perennial.
TIA
LAS
Just letting you know that if I keep Becky deadheaded and well watered, it blooms until a killing frost for me in zone 5a. Love it!
linjasar, thanks for the info. I've put that little chore on my to-do list. :-)
Good luck, killdawabbit (love your name)! It's a very strange year for bloom time in my garden so I don't know what Becky will do.
Linda
Linda, I think it's a strange year for bloom time in everybody's garden this year. With all the heat and excessive high humidity it has really thrown off all my plants. I have some that haven't bloomed yet that are usually done by now and some that are well past blooming and look like they think it's end of September already that usually don't bloom until mid-August.
Di