Marguerite (Paris Daisy, White Marguerite)
Chrysanthemum frutescens (Argyranthemum frutescens). ASTERACEAE.
Planting and Growing Marguerite
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow marguerite in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of marguerite
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for marguerite
- Season of bloom and planting time for marguerite
- When, how deep, and where to plant marguerite
- How to plant marguerite
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of marguerite
- Landscape and container uses of marguerite
- Comments about marguerite and its features
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Growing Marguerite
Several cultivars of bushy, woody-stemmed perennial herbs, 3–4 ft. (90–120 cm) tall. Alternate, light to bright or gray green, oval, featherlike, deeply cut, pointed leaves, 2–4 in. (50–100 mm) long.
Common cultivars include Chrysanthemum. frutescens ‘Chryaster’, ‘Silver Leaf’, ‘Snow White’, and ‘White Lady’.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Showy, white, yellow, daisylike, single-or double-petaled flowers, to 2 in. (50 mm) wide, in late spring–autumn.
Best Climates
Plant as tender annual, zones 4–6; ground hardy, zones 7–11.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained, sandy soil. Fertility: Rich–average. 5.5–7.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full sun, 4–5 ft. (1.2–1.5 m) apart, after frost hazard has passed.
Proper Care
Moderate. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize every 2 months. Deadhead spent flowers and prune lightly to shape. Propagate by cuttings, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for beds, borders, containers, massed plantings in cottage, formal, meadow, seaside gardens. Disease resistant. Leaf miner, nematode, thrips and root gall susceptible.