Bellis Species, Bruisewort, Common Daisy, English Daisy, Lawn Daisy, Woundwort

I've tried double forms twice in Boston Z6a, neither time did they long survive or self-sow.

This is a plant that delights...Read More in cool weather. It dislikes the hot humid summers on the east coast of N. America, and I can't imagine it doing well south of Z6. I've never seen it naturalized here in Massachusetts. It's widely naturalized in the Pacific Northwest, where summers are cool.

Just last spring I was complaining that my English Daisies I'd planted the year before didn't make it through the winter. Today, I'm sit...Read Moreting here in shock because today, January 12th, I've got not one, but THREE blooms on some that I grew from seed this year. Amazing. Just amazing. We've had below zero weather and two major snowstorms already this winter, so you'd have thought that would have been enough to at least kill it off to ground level. HA! These are some really tough plants!

This daisy does well in my zone 5 garden. It comes back even after a tough winter.

Lawn Daisy is a lawn weed, but it looks very pretty in the lawn and stays low growing. It is not much a problem in the lawn, however, it ...Read Moremaybe hard to get rid of. I once thought about adding some to my lawn for color, but decided against it.

If you go a nursery you can buy a number of types that are not the same as the invasive lawn weed. These types will be non invasive. I have planted both the white nursery variety and the red. They perform well but don't like to be over watered.

If you want have the lawn weed variety you have to transplant one from a lawn or you can find the seeds online if you look very hard. When you mow the lawn the flowers will be cut off, but they will grow right back.