An interesting native perennial we picked up from the plant pathology group at the Chadwick Arboretum sale in 2007 is our Giant Daisy. To me, that seems like quite a misnomer—I’d have called it Giant Field Aster or something to that effect. Oh well.. . it is in the asteracaea family. The proper name for the Giant Daisy is Leucanthemella serotina and it’s pretty crazy. It gets tall (5-6 feet) and wants to spread…kind of a lot. We probably need to find a better place for it to allow it to spread out more, but I do still want it. Easy, tough, and the source of some nice white color in late summer/fall, we often see song birds hanging out among the blooms.
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I didn’t think to save any seeds as this is a vigorous self-sower. I’d be happy to send you some plants in the spring, if you could just cover the shipping? Email me at yayaskippy@yahoo.com maybe towards the end of March so I’ll remember!