It is known for its unique red, white, and pink rounded blooms with yellow eyes.
English daisies are toxic to humans and animals.
English Daisy Care
Here are the main care requirements for growing English daisies.
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Light
English daisies thrive in full sun to partial shade.
However, they do not fare well in intense heat.
Soil
English daisies can grow in a wide variety of soil conditions.
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However, they do require organically rich, loamy soil that is moist and well-draining.
By meeting these requirements, you could grow English daisies almost anywhere, including in containers.
Just be sure that your pot has drainage holes.
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Water
English daisies prefer moist soil.
Potted daisies need to be watered more often since containers dry out easily.
Damp conditions are welcome, including high humidity.
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Because they love moist soil, medium to higher humidity levels are ideal.
English daisies like cool temperatures and do not tolerate excessive heat.
In hot summers, it is not uncommon for English daisies to die off and require removal.
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However, sometimes they can withstand light frosts.
Fertilizer
English daisies are heavy feeders and prefer to extract what they need from nutrient-rich soil.
However, they benefit from the occasional fertilizing.
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Use a well-balanced, slow-release fertilizer in the spring.
Depending on your soil, you may want to feed them once a month during their growing season.
However, English daisies can be propagated by division.
How to Grow English Daisy From Seed
English daisies are easy to grow from seed.
They tend to be larger than first-year plants which might only produce foliage.
Use any standard potting soil, and choose a container with large drainage holes.
Root-knot nematodes (galls) may also attack this plant.Soil solarizationis often the solution to this problem.
How Long Do English Daisies Bloom?
English daisies bloom from late spring or early summer into mid-summer.
The plant may show a few surprising blooms up until the first frost.
When plants stop blooming it is usually due to high summer temperatures, not because it is forming seed.
In northern states, they are grown as annuals.
What Do English Daisies Look and Smell Like?
English daisies grow as flat rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves.
These daisies have a mild, spicy scent.
It could be a lack of sun, so they need four to six hours of daily sunlight.
Or, they could be getting too much nitrogen and a quick-release liquid high-phosphorus fertilizer could remedy that.
However, in hotter zones, a break from the afternoon sun will keep them blooming longer.
Deadheading English Daisies
You do not need to prune ordeadheadEnglish daisies.
Deadheading does not increase blooming.
Regular watering and the occasional deadheading are all that are required to keep these plants healthy and blooming.
But stay aware of these two issues.
Wilting
If they don’t receive enough water, English daisies will wilt.
They don’t do well in dry conditions and need regular watering in the absence of rain.
English daisies tend to spread outside of your garden and become invasive.
This plant easily reseeds itself so yes, they return every year.
No, this flower is not drought-tolerant and needs moisture to thrive.
North Carolina State Extension.
English Daisies.Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States.
Nematodes.University of California Integrated Pest Management.
