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Painted Daisy?

20 years ago

Went to the Assiniboine Park plant sale this afternoon... wonderfully diverting as always LOL

So there were 4" potted perennials on sale for 20 for $20, how can you lose? Even if some don't make it planted this time of year, it's still a great bargain and I found some I hadn't seen anywhere else this year.

Anyway, I have a point, there was one flat of healthy looking guys with no tags so I bought one... is it a painted daisy? Or if not, anyone know what it might be? I need to know where to plant it!

TIA!

Comments (7)

  • 20 years ago

    Painted Daisy is more serrated, looks more like a Shasta Daisy.

    Good deal you got there!
    Sharon

  • 20 years ago

    Not painted daisy... I think it looks more like a campanula, maybe canterbury bells (C. medium).

  • 20 years ago

    Wow that was quick, thanks! I hope it's not a campanula, I'm not a big fan. Some are nicer than others. Shasta daisy it could be, the leaves are hard and leathery and have kinda sharp edges. Anyway we will have fun finding out in the spring won't we.

    The other things I got are

    Coral bells, pink
    Obedient plant, rose pink
    2 mixed semps (except they all look the same)
    Gaillardia grandiflora, burgundy
    Sea thrift, red
    Pasque flower

    And a little group of living stones for inside. Love those little things. Sooo cute!

    I stopped my mom from paying $8 for a bee balm. Geez mom, what are you doing?! Take some of mine! LOL

  • 20 years ago

    Here's a comparison...
    Canterbury bells:

    {{gwi:779473}}


    Shasta daisy:
    {{gwi:779475}}



    (Yes, I have relented and planted shasta daisy, to my surprise and amazement...lovely flowers, always, but I'm hoping with these new cultivars that their quest for world domination has been tempered, so that I won't be yanking them out again in a couple of years!)
    So, what do you think?
    I'm still leaning toward a campanula, but, as you say, all will be revealed in spring.

  • 20 years ago

    Thanks for the pics - I don't think either is quite it. It's not as spoon shaped as the campanula, and seems to have a large fleshy midrib that the daisy doesn't have.

    What the leaves reminded me immediately of was either some kind of daisy, or possibly a relative of Scabiosa. The leaves are hard and smooth, except the margins which are rough and spiny. They seem a little bit, what's the word, wavy?

    I took another pic in case it helps...

    This was supermacro with no flash so a bit blurry, but a different look...

    And this is the scabiosa I planted this spring for comparison - the leaf shape is not the same, but it is similar in many ways. (BTW the scabiosa hasn't done too much but hopefully will next year)
    {{gwi:779484}}

  • 20 years ago

    It might be Limonium latifolium

  • 20 years ago

    Hmmm that's not out of the question Pudge. I think the plant is too immature to tell if it will stay a flat rosette. Does L. latifolium have shiny leaves with sharp serrated edges?

    Ah well I guess I can hold my breath until next spring... sigh

    Thanks for the help all.

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