ID please - weed or daisy

20 years ago

In spite of my name, I simply cannot grow daisies. I've murdered 3 Shastas 3 years in a row, and then decided to quit trying!

Now this spring this daisy showed up right in with my Maltese Cross. I did not plant it, nor have I tried to grow daisies in that spot before. Is it a weed that looks like a daisy, or is it a daisy? will I be sorry if I let it grow?

Peggy

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Crazy_Gardener
20 years ago
Congrats Peggy, you got yourself a Daisy, only keep a few seed heads, otherwise it will be a weed in your garden ;)

Sharon
northspruce
20 years ago
Well, the two main Daisy-weeds are Ox-Eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) and Scentless Chamomile (Matricaria perforata) and the flowers look very similar in all cases. But the Ox-Eye has more of a basal rosette of leaves and the Chamomile has finely divided leaves. So I would guess that you have a good daisy of some sort there. :0)

I'm not sure that the leaves look exactly like my Shastas so I don't know exactly what kind it is.
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northspruce
20 years ago
We posted at the same time Sharon! Good thing we agree as usual.
saskadaisy
Original Author
20 years ago
So the secet to growing daisies is to not even try? LOL I'll take it! And yes, I'll be sure to deadhead. Thanks to whomever or whatever brought this gift to me! Can you tell I'm excited?

Thanks to both of you, too, for the ID.
Peggy