Hardiness zones
Sunset All
USDA All
Landscape Use: Flowering accent plant for mesic gardens.
Form & Character: Herbaceous perennial, formal, nostalgic, festive, pure, bright and cheery.
Growth Habit: Vegetative habit is clumping and matting to 2' high with equal spread except when stems bolt to 4' to produce flowers.
Foliage/Texture: Medium dark green leathery spatulate foliage with light serration; medium texture.
Flowers & Fruits: Perfect white rays flowers to 3" across with yellow centers, fruit inconspicuous.
Seasonal Color: White flowers in spring in lower deserts of Arizona and southeast California, elsewhere flowering occurs during summer.
Temperature: Shasta daisy grows best when temperatures range between 40o and 90oF.
Light: Partial sun best in Phoenix. In the desert, absolutely avoid placement in blazing western exposures. Sites with eastern exposures are best.
Soil: Tolerant of all soils but those that are highly alkaline. Does best in soils that are well drained and have a slight organic content.
Watering: Shasta daisy grows well in evenly moist soils. In the desert Southwest, regular and frequent irrigations are a necessity for survival during hot summer months. Less water is needed in higher elevations og the southwest and depends on frequency of summer rains.
Pruning: Remove spent flower stalks during fall and early winter.
Propagation: Seed, or division in fall to early spring.
Disease and pests: Slugs
Additional comments: There are many named cultivars. Shasta daisy is an old fashioned garden cut flower plant that is a wonderful border perennial for any mesic garden. Shasta daisy performs well in Flagstaff and Prescott gardens during summer months. Flowers sometimes attract bees.
