You will see them this year. In October.

If you want more plants, just break off some branches any time during the spring/early summer, stick them in the ground, and literally just walk away. They will root and flower that year.

This is a great plant. I didn't know about the seeds, but rooting them is as easy as can be. Almost like sedum in how quickly it roots. Glad to know my cuttings will flower this year. I plan to fill the beds for late summer/fall blooms with these and mums.

Hi Joann,
I have not has as much luck as gardenscout, maybe because my city garden does not get as much sun as the montauks like.
Depending on light you may have to wait a year, for what it's worth.
George

Thanks to everyone who answered. I want to donate these to my school because we are fixing up our courtyard. I wanted to be able to let the other teachers know what to expect. We are especially interested in plants that bloom in the Fall and shrubs with winter interest because that's when the children are there to enjoy them. Also Spring bloomers are good. No one is there all July or August so all the neat summer bloomers won't be able to be enjoyed!
Joann

Joanne, Montauk daisies are supposed to be pruned twice a year--June 1 and December 1. Those dates are guidelines and could be adjusted to fit the school schedule. It might be a learning experience for the kids to see them get cut back and how they grow back to bloom a few months later. Letting the kids stick one of the late-season cuttings in a paper cup with potting soil would be another teachable moment.
For spring blooming interest, there's lots of stuff to choose from: bulbs like Pushkinia, grape hyacinth & squill, plus perennials such as lungwort, Pasque flower, Lenten rose, lady's mantle, Siberian bugloss & bleeding heart among others. The bleeding heart would be a great teaching tool given the flowers' shape.

So, I followed the instructions to prune in June and voila, no flowers at all this year! What did I do wrong?
Last year, I had so many flowers but they were so leggy and floppy that I thought pruning would be the answer. Not so. I had plenty of nice, green bushy plants but not a single bloom. Could someone tell me what happened?
Many thanks.

mememomgardener - I'm guessing it might have been the drought this year. I pruned both of my established plants and got no flowers. My neighbors who don't bother pruning both had flowers. I winter sowed seeds and the winter sown plant actually bloomed first year from seed but it was in a container & got regular water through the summer.

Not sure where you're located but the drought was definitely a factor this year.

Hi I live on a bluff in Montauk, I can not cut the Montauk daisy in the spring because of tics and poison ivy, i would like to cut them maybe in march,
would that work or should i not cut them at all,

Thank You

Paul - it might be okay to cut them back in March. The beautification committee in the town where I live cuts them back in April because that's when it's convenient for them to do it as a group. The plants bloom like crazy when fall rolls around. I'm guessing they only cut them once a year but they cut them back right to the ground.