shasta daisy

01
Jul

Royal Catchfly (Silene regia)

The leaves, stems, and the tubular calyxes just below the flowers of this Royal Catchfly plant are hairy and a bit sticky.  Insects can get trapped – hence its common name of catchfly.  This plant is not related to the carnivorous plants like the Pitcher Plant we find in bogs and wetlands in North America […]

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30
Oct

Shasta Daisies (Leucanthemum x superbum)

Light:  Full to part sun.  Mine are in part sun – probably about 6 hours of sun on summer mornings.  Filtered sun the rest of the day as they are shaded by a big hickory tree.  They bloom beautifully so in my experience, part sun does not lessen the amount of blooms as happens in […]

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