Plant Inventory at 20 Timothy : Leucanthemum x superbum / Shasta Daisy

6/25/10

Leucanthemum x superbum

'Becky'

Tall, sturdy, these don’t flop. They have very happy, clear white flowers. Pinch every 2 weeks starting in May until early July to keep these smaller.

7/2/09

In the wet summer of 2008 these really got too tall, despite pinching. They closed in and hid any view while sitting on the patio. Later, when they stopped blooming and the black eyed Susans took over, it wasn’t so claustrophobic.

They need deadheading to keep blooming a little longer, but bloom was over by August.

In 2009 I finally removed most of them. I left a few clumps on the side of the patio behind the grill, where their height was not so much of a problem. In the hotter, drier summer of 2010 the clumps did not get as big as in prior years.

They're pretty in bloom, but not very attractive as the flowers go by. The Blackeyed Susans look good as standing stalks, but the daisies don't as much.

'Becky' is supposed to be a long bloomer from June through September, but they do not rebloom very profusely for me after late July, even with deadheading.