If you like daisy flowers then you will love Anthemis. A couple of varieties, to grow, are shown above and detailed below.
Anthemis arvensis is a clump-forming plant with green, ferny foliage, that produces numerous daisy-like flowers with white petals and a bright golden centre.
- It is a good plant in a naturalised planting or wild flower meadows.
- Anthemis are short-lived perennials easily grown from seed.
Anthemis tinctoria has several common names including Golden Marguerite, Marguerite Daisy, Dyer’s Chamomile, Ox-eye Chamomile, Boston Daisies and Paris Daisies.
- E.C. Buxton is a variety of Golden Marguerite that flowers from June to September
- Also clump-forming this free-flowering perennial features branching stems bearing masses of 1 inch lemon-yellow daisy blooms which smother the compact plants all summer.
- Anthemis is good for cutting for indoor flower arrangements.
- It is ideal for borders growing 30 inches high and wide. It prefers sun and sandy or free draining soil.
Seeds available from Thompson Morgan
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