Dahlberg Daisy (Golden-Fleece)
Thymophylla tenuiloba (Dyssodia tenuiloba). ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE).
Planting and Growing Dahlberg Daisy
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow dahlberg daisy in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of dahlberg daisy
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for dahlberg daisy
- Season of bloom and planting time for dahlberg daisy
- When, how deep, and where to plant dahlberg daisy
- How to plant dahlberg daisy
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of dahlberg daisy
- Landscape and container uses of dahlberg daisy
- Comments about dahlberg daisy and its features
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Growing Dahlberg Daisy
Many cultivars of short-lived, mounding or spreading perennial herbs, to 1 ft. (30 cm) tall and 18 in. (45 cm) wide. Opposite becoming alternate, deep green, feathery, divided, fragrant leaves, to 3 in. (75 mm) long, with 7–11 lance-shaped, hairy leaflets, to 3/4-in. (19-mm) long.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many showy, bright yellow, daisylike flowers, to 1 in. (25 mm) wide, with buttonlike, gold, yellow centers, in summer–autumn.
Best Climates
Plant as tender annual, zones 2–7; ground hardy, zones 8–11.
Soil Type and Fertility
Damp, well-drained, sandy soil. Fertility: Average. 6.5–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring, zones 2–7; autumn, zones 8–11, in full sun, 9–12 in. (23–30 cm) apart, after soil warms. Start seed indoors 10–12 weeks before final frost for early blooms; transplant when frost hazard has passed.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep damp; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Fertilize quarterly. Deadhead spent flowers to prolong bloom. Propagate by seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for accents, borders, containers, massed plantings in cottage, formal, small-space, wildlife gardens. Good for cutting. Attracts butterflies. Pest and disease resistant.