Scientific Name: Leucanthemum x superbum
Common Name: Shasta daisy
Family Name: Asteraceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Dense, Open, Spreading
Form: Mounded, Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Attract butterflies, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Oblanceolate, Dentate, Serrate
Flowers: Head (capitulum), White, Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Achene, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Basal leaves lanceolate with serrated margins, 20-30cm long, dark green, fleshy; stem leaves sessile, lanceolate, 8-15cm long x 1-3 cm wide; flower heads solitary, 8-10cm wide, ray florets white, disc florets yellow.