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what is a good short shasta daisy?

12 years ago

The "Snow Lady" shastas I planted in the spring bloomed briefly and then got a bug or disease (could find proof of neither) whatever, they did very poorly. What is a good short daisy, I want to put it in a border that includes some glorious tall daisies.

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goblugal

12 years ago

Snowcap is an excellent dwarf.

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totallyconfused
12 years ago
To give another POV, Snowcap has done poorly for me. I don't know if it's my clay soil (which was ammended at planting) or our hot, humid summers, but snowcap has been very prone to rot. It also doesn't provide much in the way of rebloom, even with diligent deadheading.

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DYH
12 years ago
Broadway Lights and Palladin. Have both and like both. Broadway has pale yellow to white blooms. Palladin is a ruffled white.

Cameron
hostaholic2 z 4, MN
12 years ago
Becky has stood up well for me. One last bloom left on it today.
linlily
12 years ago
While Becky is a good perfomer, I wouldn't call her short or a dwarf, by any means. My neighbor has a plant of Becky and it's very tall. The stalks never fall over, though, like Shasta Daisy Alaska always did for me when I grew it.

I have 7 year old plant of Silver Princess that I started from purchased seed. This one reliably reblooms if dead headed after the first flush of flowers is finished. And it short enough to be a front-of-the-border flower. I highly recommend it.

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wieslaw59
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How short is short? Becky is a terrible spreader, devouring everything in its path. Like Godzilla or something.
aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
12 years ago
Cobham Gold is one of the shorter ones but hard to find, Esther Reid 12 to 18" is another nice one.

Annette
hostaholic2 z 4, MN
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Becky has only reached about 18 - 20 inches here in it's second year. So far it has not been a spreader. I'm usually just thankful to have Shasta's survive the winter here.
mnwsgal
12 years ago
I shovel pruned my Becky as it was a short bloomer and foliage looked ugly after bloom.

I loved Silver Princess the first year but the next year I had SP everywhere and am still pulling up random plants before they can go to seed. So no more Silver Princess.

Snow Lady has done well for me with bloom all summer if it is deadheaded. This is a favorite and the one others ask for a piece.

Snow Cap has not done as well. It stayed small but had short bloom time.

Broadway Lights is a beauty with the pale yellow blossoms that change to white. Unfortunately I have not gotten it to rebloom even though there are buds further down the stem. Anybody have suggestions on how to get this one to rebloom? Today I moved, divided and cut back several plants but still have one clump that I can experiment with.

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