Another Plant ID Please

kali291 · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:12 pm Post subject: Another Plant ID Please

Hi.... I would be grateful if some kind gardener could identify this 'daisy' for me. It is a good 5 feet tall and the leaves start to grow in a kind of rosette which then 'stretches' and several flowers stalks then sprout from the rosette. It was given to me last spring, and all I was told was "It's a nice white daisy" Smile

Thanks in advance

Greengage · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 9:15 pm Post subject:

My guess would be a Leucanthemum but which one we will have to await the plant guru Silversurfer to confirm if I'm right fingers crossed.

kali291 · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:22 am Post subject:

Just as an aside, and because I like the story....I asked the lady who gave me the plant if she knew what it was. Apparently, many years ago, she regularly drove the Mullingar to Delvin road, and spotted these in a garden. She eventually found the courage to knock on the door and ask for a piece of root. The owner would accept no money for it, but did accept some home made gingerbread my friend had in her car. To this day, her family refer to these flowers as 'Gingerbread Daisies' Very Happy

Ado 2 · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:26 pm Post subject:

Known as The Shasta Daisy

kali291 · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:40 pm Post subject:

Sorry no Got some of them They are not as tall and the leaves are darker,thicker and just different

kali291 · Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 2:10 pm Post subject:

Anyone??

kali291 · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:00 pm Post subject:

Believe I might have cracked it! After ages trawling through books and the internet, I finally found, on the RHS website, Leucanthemella serotina, otherwise known as ....wait for it.......Giant Daisy Laughing

Does anybody care to confirm please?
Thanks

Greengage · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:32 pm Post subject:

Genius

Silver surfer · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:46 pm Post subject:

Well done kail291.
That looks an excellent match.
Not one that I have come across before.

Sounds an excellent plant for the garden.

https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q/pd/leucanthemella-serotina-19.jpg

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/3336222/How-to-grow-Leucanthemella-serotina.html