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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Plant Height: 24-36 inches
Plant Spread: 18-24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Shasta Daisy
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Leucanthemum x superbum
  • Synonym: Chrysanthemum superbum
  • Synonym: Chrysanthemum x superbum
  • Synonym: Leucanthemum superbum
  • Synonym: Leucanthemum maximum x lacustre

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Location: My Garden, Anchorage, Alaska
Date: 8-16-11
If left in one spot this daisy forms a lovely compact little bush
Uploaded by Newyorkrita
Location: Iowa

Date: 2013-08-20
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: In my Mom's garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: June 2019
#pollination with honey bee
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Mid Summer
  • Uploaded by Joy

Daiseys

Date: 2013-08-20
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-06-25
Location: SW Michigan
Date: Summer 2016
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-06-13

Date: 2013-08-20
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2020-04-20
Planted Summer 2019
Uploaded by Newyorkrita
Location: Pembroke, GA
Date: 2014-01-23
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-06-13
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2011-06-13
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2016-06-29
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2016-06-29
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2016-06-29
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2016-06-29
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2016-06-29

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Rhode Island
Date: 2013-03-19
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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Oct 25, 2011 1:24 PM concerning plant:
    Snowcap is a nice short plant, but it still has the same large and lovely white flowers that the taller Shasta Daisies do. I needed something short to put in front of the border and right next to the grassy walkway that would show off well and not grow tall enough to flop over the pathway. Snowcap worked perfectly.

    Rita on Long Island, New York, zone 6, where it is humid during our summers.
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