With their white blossoms, daisies conjure up summer in the garden. However, the summer bloomers do not always have to be white. Because yellow and pink daisies are also excellent splashes of color in the garden.
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Marguerites, botanically Leucanthemum, not only shine with their flowers, but can also be cultivated in tubs. The summer bloomers can be used in many different ways. The range of daisy species seems to be correspondingly large. However, not every plant that is commercially available belongs to the daisies, even if it looks very similar to daisies. In contrast to many other plants, there is also the fact that the botanical name of daisies is not always uniform. This means that there are various scientific synonyms for the plant. For example, the marguerite species “Leucanthemum maximum” is also called “Chrysanthemum maximum”.
In addition, various summer bloomers are called daisies, which botanically do not belong to the genus Leucanthemum. These usually include:
- Kapmargerite (Osteospermum)
- Strauchmargerite (Argyranthemum frutescens)
- Bunte Margerite (Chrysanthemum coccineum)
- Colorful marguerite species
Varieties of daisies that do not have white flowers but multicolored flowers belong, with a few exceptions, to the species Leucanthemum superbum (Leucanthemum x superbum). However, it must be noted in advance that when it comes to daisies, the term “colorful” refers to the color yellow and a little pink.
Yellow Varieties
Banana Cream
- Margerite-Art: Leucanthemum superbum
- Flower color: creamy yellow
- Flower shape: simple capsicum
- Flowering period: July to August / September
- Growth height: 40 to 45 centimeters
- Soil: rich in nutrients, permeable, fresh
- Location: sunny to semi-shady
The hardy “Banana Cream” is bee-friendly and tolerates temperatures down to minus 20 degrees Celsius. She does not make any special demands on care.
Broadway Lights
- Margeriten-Art: Leucanthemum maximum
- Flower color: buttery yellow
- Flower shape: simple
- Flowering period: May to July
- Growth height: 40 to 80 centimeters
- Soil: fresh, humic
- Location: sunny
The bee-friendly Broadway Lights is suitable for the (perennial) bed, balcony box or bucket. It flowers extremely luxuriantly and tolerates temperatures down to minus 35 degrees Celsius when planted out.
Goldfinch
- Margerite-Art: Leucanthemum superbum
- Flower color: light yellow to yellow
- Flower shape: slightly bell-shaped, simple
- Flowering period: June to October
- Growth height: 60 to 80 centimeters
- Soil: rich in nutrients, humic, fresh, loamy-sandy
- Location: sunny
The intensely colored goldfinch goes well with poppies, delphiniums or lupins. The bee-friendly variety is undemanding, easy to care for and is considered very healthy. However, the perennial plant can only tolerate temperatures down to minus ten degrees Celsius.
Goldrausch
- Margeriten-Art: Leucanthemum maximum
- Flower color: light yellow with white
- Flower shape: filled
- Flowering period: June to September
- Growth height: 50 to 70 centimeters
- Soil: rich in nutrients, permeable
- Location: sunny to semi-shady
Goldrush belongs to the hardy daisies . In order for it to bloom even more luxuriantly in the following years, you should cut it back after flowering.
Luna
- Margerite-Art: Leucanthemum superbum
- Flower color: yellow, white when fading
- Flower shape: double, radial
- Flowering period: June to August
- Growth height: 45 to 60 centimeters
- Soil: rich in nutrients, well-drained, fresh, loamy-sandy, humic
- Location: sunny
The large-flowered Luna is considered a novelty among the daisy varieties. The bee-friendly marguerite is hardy down to minus 20 degrees and impresses with its yellow and white play of colours.
sunshine
- Margerite-Art: Leucanthemum superbum
- Flower color: light yellow
- Flower shape: radial
- Flowering period: June to August
- Growth height: 70 to 100 centimeters
- Soil: fresh, well drained
- Location: sunny
In the case of large-flowered sunshine, you should cut back the stems in autumn or late autumn. Planted in the garden, it tolerates temperatures down to minus 22 degrees Celsius.
Sunshine Peach
- Margerite-Art: Leucanthemum superbum
- Flower color: apricot
- Flower shape: radial
- Flowering period: July to August
- Growth height: 60 to 100 centimeters
- Soil: normal garden soil
- Location: sunny
The bee and insect friendly Sunshine Peach has good frost hardiness. The handsome flowers exude a light to medium fragrance.
Rosa Margeriten
Leucanthemum arundanum
- Margeriten-Art: Leucanthemum arundanum
- Flower color: light purple-pink
- Flower shape: wheel-shaped
- Flowering period: May to July
- Growth height: 5 to 10 centimeters
- Soil: fresh to moist, sandy-loamy
- Location: sunny to semi-shady
Marokko Margerite „African Rose“
- Margeriten-Art: Leucanthemum hosmariense
- Flower color: pink
- Flower shape: basket-like
- Flowering time: March to May
- Growth height: 15 to 25 centimeters
- Soil: permeable
- Location: sunny
African Rose goes well with daffodils or forget-me-nots. The frost hardiness of the plants is described as good.
