Family: Asteraceae
Scientific Name: Bellis perennis Bellisma series
Common Name: English Daisy Bellisima series
Description | A series of English Daisy. Although perennial are often treated as an annual or biennial. |
Pronunciation | (BEL-is)(per-EN-is) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Biennials |
Hardiness Zone | 4 |
Sunlight | full sun to light shade |
Moisture | average to evenly moist doesn't like to be dried out |
Soil & Site | prefers well drained, moisture retentive |
Growing Media | composite flower with yellow disk flowers and numerous ray flowers |
Temperature | grows best in cooler temps, shuts down in the heat |
Flowers | composite flower with yellow disk flowers and numerous ray flowers, pompom shaped colors: pink, red, white |
Fruit | pompom flower |
Leaves | basal rosette |
Dimensions | 6-8 by 6-8 inches (HS) |
Maintenance | dead head to increase length of flowering |
Propagation | seeds, division |
Native Site | Europe |
Misc Facts | Bellis is derived from the Latin word bellus which means pretty. |
Notes & Reference | #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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