10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHASTA DAISY»
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Perennial All-Stars: The 150 Best Perennials for ...
LUTHER BURBANK named his prize chrysanthemum the Shasta daisy after the
dazzling, snow white presence of Mount Shasta rising 14,000 feet above the floor
of California's Central Valley. The clean look of the Shasta daisy's neutral white ...
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The
Shasta Daisy: How a Troublesome Weed Was Remade Into a ...
Luther Burbank. As Professor Coulter has recently said, it is largely a matter of
definition. We shall have occasion to discuss this phase of heredity more fully in
another connection. In the meantime, for our present purpose, it suffices to recall
...
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Diseases and Pests of Ornamental Plants
Among the insects that feed on Shasta daisy are the larvae of the checker- spot
butterfly, Euphydryas chaicedona. and the chrysanthemum leaf miner,
Phytomyza syngenesiae. Control: Malathion or Sevin sprays applied when the
pests are ...
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Perennial Gardens for Texas
Less drainage-sensitive than Shasta daisy. MOISTURE: Grown in low, medium,
and high rainfall ranges, but prefers consistent moisture. More drought-tolerant
than Shasta daisy. PROPAGATION: Direct-seed in early spring. Division easy.
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Perennial Combinations: Stunning Combinations That Make Your ...
PHOTO KEY 1. Bronze fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. purpureum); Zones 4 to 9
2. Shasta daisy (Chrysanthemum x superbum); Zones 4 to 8 3. Garden phlox (Ph/
ox paniculate); Zones 3 to 8 4. Baby's-breath (Gypsophi/o paniculata); Zones 3 ...
C. maximumj DESCRIPTION: Perennial. Long-stemmed daisies 2 to 4 in. wide, 1
to 4 ft. tall, with gold centers. C. x superbum (shasta daisy) has snow-white petals
and toothed leaves and forms an evergreen basal rosette from fall to spring.
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Texas Gardening the Natural Way: The Complete Handbook
This plant is similar to Shasta daisy but tougher and more drought tolerant. Dwarf
Shasta daisy is also a good choice, and 'Silver Princess' is a particularly good
one. Tahoka daisy {Machaeranthera tanacetifolia) is a Texas native that blooms ...
8
Southern Sun: A Plant Selection Guide
In autumn, cut all stems to ground level alter blooming ceases. Becky Shasta
daisy is a sterile plant, so you can't grow plants from seed that are true to her
characteristics. However, 'Brightside' is a descendant of 'Becky' that can be grown
from ...
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From Seed to
Daisy: Following the Life Cycle
Fun Facts • A Shasta daisy looks dead during the winter. But its stems and roots
live. It will grow new flowers the following summer. • Many seeds stay inactive
until all of the conditions are right. That's why seeds can be dispersed in the fall
but ...
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Michigan Getting Started Garden Guide: Grow the Best ...
Shasta daisy became Leucanthemum × superbum; however, the name change
was appealed and the plant is once again Chrysanthemum × superbum. You
may see it listed both ways. The common name Shasta daisy goes back to its
place ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHASTA DAISY»
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Shasta daisy is used in the context of the following news items.
2 perennials that are grand in summer
They are the rudbeckia named Goldsturm and a Shasta daisy called Becky. While these have been around for many years, I never appreciate them more than in ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
PLANT OF THE MONTH SERIES JULY 2015 FOR BOULDER …
In July along the Front Range of Colorado, Shasta Daisies burst onto the Boulder Colorado landscape scene in a big way. The Shasta Daisy is an old school ... «Examiner.com, Jul 15»
Gardening Q&A: Dark spots on leaves caused by four-lined plant bug
Some of the affected plants are oregano, sage, lady's mantle, shasta daisy and Russian sage. This happens every year. Can you tell me what it is and how I can ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jun 15»
This Week in the Garden: Consider these the cut-flower all-stars
Shasta Daisy is an extremely reliable perennial that once established does fine with little to no irrigation yet throughout spring and early summer liberally ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 15»
George's Plant Pick of the Week: Dwarf Shasta daisy
Care: Shasta daisies prefer moist, compost-enriched soil. Water once or twice a week during the first season, then weekly in hot, dry weather. Scatter a balanced ... «PennLive.com, Apr 15»
Pretty Biokovo geranium is Perennial of the Year
The Shasta daisy named Becky, the coreopsis Moonbeam and David phlox are just three honored since 1990 that have proved their worth. This year the award ... «Charlotte Observer, Mar 15»
Make room for new blooms: Specialists recommend new spring plants
Whoops-A-Daisy Shasta Daisy: Shorter variety of perennial daisy has mound of 3- to 4-inch flowers; blooms early to midsummer. White with gold center. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Mar 15»
Minnesota master gardeners test to find top-performing plants
Among flowers, Snow Lady was the top Shasta daisy and Snow Crystals was the top white alyssum. Among herbs for infusions, citronella balm and lemon balm ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mar 15»
The real deal
Richard and Keith have hand-pollinated more than 5,000 Shasta Daisy plants and made more than 35,000 selections during the past seven years. «Greenhouse Management, Mar 15»
LeBaron: No predictions yet, just decades of remembering
... on the eve of '87, that Santa Rosa activist Nina Arrabit's campaign to designate Luther Burbank's Shasta daisy the national flower would lose in a committee of ... «Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Dec 14»
