{"id":13186,"date":"2021-07-11T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=13186"},"modified":"2021-07-07T18:25:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T22:25:45","slug":"%ef%bb%bfgrowing-shasta-daisies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2021\/07\/11\/%ef%bb%bfgrowing-shasta-daisies\/","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffGrowing Shasta Daisies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Leucanthemum-3-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Leucanthemum-3-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Leucanthemum-3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Leucanthemum-3-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>&#8216;Becky&#8217; Shasta Daisy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shasta daisies (<em>Leucanthemum x superbum<\/em>) is a European native that has naturalized in most areas of North America (zones 5-9). Truly low care perennials, Shasta daisies\u00a0come back every spring and bloom reliably from early summer into early fall (if deadheaded). Some varieties, \u2018Becky\u2019 for example, are multi-year top performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shasta daisies tend to form clumps, 2 to 3 feet tall and 1 to 2 feet wide. They bear all-white daisy petals, yellow disk florets, along with glossy, dark green leaves.\u00a0Shasta daisies\u00a0make terrific cut flowers, and their blooms last a week or more in\u00a0arrangements. As flowers\u00a0fade, deadhead to extend the blooming\u00a0season. After the first killing frost, cut stems back to 1-2 inches above the soil line.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shasta daisies grow in average, well-drained soil<strong>. <\/strong>At planting time, work in lots of compost around the plants. Feed plants with a slow-release  fertilizer like Osmocote\u2122  if flowers numbers are low or small sized. Be careful, over-feeding can lead to an abundance of foliage and a lack of flowers. One-year old established Shasta daisies are drought tolerant, but weekly irrigation with an inch of water weekly over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purchase<strong> <\/strong>disease resistant varieties. Divide clumps every 4-5 years to avoid crowding. Occasionally, plants may be troubled by aphids, leaf miners,\u00a0powdery mildew, bacterial spots, gray mold (botrytis), and\u00a0Japanese beetles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended varieties:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Becky\u2019<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; large flowers grow 3 \u2013 3.5 feet&nbsp;tall; considered the \u201cstandard\u201d among &nbsp;Shasta daisy varieties<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Cream Puff\u2019<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013lemon yellow buds, large 3-4 inch creamy flowers; creamy tight compact 14-16 inch tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Whoops-a\nDaisy\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 full 2-3 inch wide white blossoms; uniform compact plant habit\n(15 inches x 22 inches).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caveat: Some varieties may spread from seed. Choose reliable hybrid varieties that don\u2019t produce viable seed or remove flowers before they go to seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Growing Shasta Daisies<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shasta daisies (Leucanthemum x superbum) is a European native that has naturalized in most areas of North America (zones 5-9). Truly low care perennials, Shasta daisies\u00a0come back every spring and bloom reliably from early summer into early fall (if deadheaded). Some varieties, \u2018Becky\u2019 for example, are multi-year top performers. Shasta daisies tend to form clumps, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1124,1266,1037,521,674,806,665,1138,774,329,551,1217,625,843,1136,1060,812,912,777,706,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13186"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13194,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13186\/revisions\/13194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}