Leucanthemum vulgare
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Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Leucanthemum
Large daisy flowers produced singly on long stalks in summer. Green oval toothed leaves. Nectar plant. Traditional medicinal herb.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H7 (-20 and below)
• Type: Hardy Perennial
• Height: up to 80cm
• Spread: 45cm
Oxeye Daisy can be seen at the herb farm in Jekka’s Herbetum and is available to buy as both herb plants and online as herb seeds.
Details
• Aspect: Full Sun, Partial Shade
• Soil type: Chalk, Clay, Sand, Loam
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Clump-forming
• Flowering colour: White
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: No
• UK native: Yes
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed:
• Indoor Sowing: In late summer, into prepared plug trays or pots. Winter young plants in cold frame or cold green house.
• Outdoor Sowing: In mid spring, into a light, preferably alkaline soil, sunny site. Thin to 20cm apart.
• Propagation: N/A
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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