View Single Post
  #4   Report Post  
Old 19-07-2013, 10:43 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Charlie Pridham[_2_] Charlie Pridham[_2_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by GardenBanter: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,520
Default Marguerite - or not?


"Jim S" wrote in message
...
I bought a plant today labelled Marguerite, but it is not what I
remember,as a child. It's nice enough, with daisy-like flowers, blueish
feathery leaves and about 14" tall. I think it may be Argyranthemum and if
so is not hardy.
The Marguerite I remember as a child was taller with bigger flowers, dark
green smooth pointed leaves, hard stems and an odd smell. I would have
suggested a type of chrysanthemum, but I have grown many types of 'show'
chrysanths and they all had dull 'lobed' leaves.
Any ideas?
--
Jim S


Its not really a Marguerite but what you are describing my mum would call a
Shasta daisy, which I think is now chrysanthemum maximum this is a hardy
border perennial

--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk