I have Becky and grew some wild ones, deadheaded them all when blooms were spent. Not one ever rebloomed although there were a few slower ones, who needs that?

My crazy daisies, however, are reblooming after deadheading, but not as profusely as the first flush. This was their first year to bloom, and I see by my photo files, many were fully opened by June 16. Becky followed a little later, can't remember exactly.

I also have Becky. She blooms for me from mid-July to mid-Aug. I deadhead but never had re-bloomes either. Many plants don't re-bloom in zone 5a.

Did you cut them back and are you sure they are Becky? Where did you get them? I'd be extremely happy if my Becky rebloomed like yours. I was thinking of trying another kind but it's not top on my priority list right now. They were nice enough while they lasted.

yup, i'm sure! ~ i bought them at milaeger's up in racine, wisconsin ~ i cut them back just as soon as they start to look tired ~ i go down the stem until i can see where there is a side shoot; then make my cut at that point ~

actually, i have way, way more (after 5 yrs.) than my yard can hold; so if anybody lives near me, (libertyville) come on over & you can have all you want!

phyl345, thank you, and I will try what you did. Too late now. I plan to divide my Becky plants next spring, maybe fill in the hole, and not sure what I'll do with the extra.

Maybe I want to try something else there and move all the Becky or give some away. There might be takers for any Shastas on freecycle, but ordinary daisies, hard to get people who want those.

I happen to like the ones that bloom so long in the spring, asked for and got some. Not the marguerites or ox eye, but whatever these are, they are fairly common around here, too. I love daisies but also like variety.

They typically don't rebloom. You can prune the stems back 2-3" from the ground and "may" get a smaller rebloom.

hmmmm ~~~ read my post from yesterday ~~~ my beckys will still be blooming for another month ~~ certainly not like they were a month ago ~~ but still ~~~~

btw ~~ i don't cut them all the way down as you described; i just cut down to the next emerging offshoot (which i find easy to identify)

phyl

p.s. want some??? i've got soooooo many ~

As mentioned they typically don't rebloom. Your lucky that you are getting the reblooms.

I prune them the way you mention and sometimes down lower and occasionally get a rebloom.

Talk to any nursery and they would not classify any shasta daisy as a rebloomer.

billy gardener,

I had the exact same thing happen to my Becky's this year. They bloomed great the first flush, then they started their sporadic blooming for the remainder of the season(which is what my Becky's always do - they're the best shastas in this area) HOWEVER - the blooms never opened, they turned brown and died. I cut them all back and hoped they'd try again, but they haven't. I'm hoping it's not a disease in my garden, but just a result of an unusually cool and wet summer for my area. Has your weather been that way this year? I'm hoping maybe that's it, if it's not - I'm shovel pruning them, if they do it again next year.

o.k. i will admit this is unusual; however, look at the pictures of my beckys from this morning ~~ hope you are able to see the date on the sunday tribune (?)

~~~ soooo, if you didn't believe my earlier posts ~~ yaknow what they say about a picture being worth a 1,000 words ~~ yes, virginia, there really *is* a reblooming shasta daisy! (grin)

phyl, who is loving this beautiful nov. weather ~~

p.s. my offer is still open if anyone lives in my area & would like some *reblooming* shasta daisies

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Do becky daisies spread? i have a area that would look so great if they filled in!

YES! Come to our next swap, and I'll offload a patch to you.