DESCRIPTION
Growing Crazy Daisy Shasta Daisy Garden Seeds
Start Crazy Daisy seeds indoors 8 – 10 weeks prior to final frost date. Crazy Daisy shasta daisy seeds will germinate in 14 – 21 days. Once germinated, move to fluorescent grow light until two sets of true leaves have developed. Transplant Crazy Daisy seedlings to indoor pot and harden off if transplanting outside. For direct sowing, plant shasta daisy Crazy Daisy seeds 1/8” deep and 18 – 24” apart in average, evenly moist, and well-drained soil in full sun. Avoid overhead watering and water soil directly to minimize wetting foliage. Shasta daisies can be susceptible to verticillium wilt, leaf spots, and stem rot and plants will benefit from partial shade during severe summers. Cut back spent foliage, leaves, and blooms after flowering to prolong vitality into summer. Shasta daisies have no serious pests or diseases, but monitor regularly for aphids. Shasta daisy Crazy Daisy seeds are perennials that will mature in their 2nd year as 24 – 36” tall bushy uprights with 18 – 24” spreads covered in unique, bushy 3” white frilly pompom blooms.
Shasta daisy is a hybrid selectively crossed and bred in 1890 by pioneering American horticulturist Luther Burbank. Burbank worked out of Sonoma County in California and named his new strain of white-petaled daisies in homage to the snow-capped peak of nearby Mount Shasta.
ATTRIBUTES
Basic Info
| Seed Type: |
Perennial |
| Color: |
Classic white daisy petals around a yellow center |
Growing Info
| Taxonomy: Leucanthemum x superbum
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| Days to Maturity: |
2nd year maturity |
| Hardiness Zone: |
5 – 8 |
| Planting Depth: |
1/8" |
| Plant Spacing: |
18 – 24" |
| Growth Habit: |
24 – 36” tall bushy upright and 18 – 24” spread covered in bushy 3” blooms |
| Soil Preference: |
Average, evenly moist, well-drained |
| Light Preference: |
Full sun |
Other
| Sow Indoors or Outdoors: |
Start indoors 8 – 10 weeks prior to final frost date. Crazy Daisy seeds will germinate in 14 – 21 days. Once germinated, move to fluorescent grow light until two sets of true leaves have grown. Transplant seedlings to indoor pot and harden off if transplanting outside. |
| Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: |
Avoid overhead watering and water soil directly to minimize wetting foliage. Shasta daisy can be susceptible to verticillium wilt, leaf spots, and stem rot. Plants will benefit from partial shade during severe summers. Cut back spent foliage, leaves, and blooms after flowering to prolong vitality into summer. |
