Growing Anthemis a Grand Yellow Daisy

Growing Anthemis a Grand Yellow Daisy

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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