Leucanthumum Daisy May "White" 15cmPot

🌼 Leucanthemum ‘Daisy May’

Botanical Name: Leucanthemum × superbum ‘Daisy May’
Common Names: Shasta Daisy, Daisy May, Garden Daisy

📌 Product Description

Leucanthemum ‘Daisy May’ is a compact, free-flowering Shasta Daisy producing masses of classic white petals with bright golden-yellow centres. Its neat, bushy habit and abundant blooms make it perfect for adding a fresh, clean look to garden beds, borders, and patio containers.

With strong stems and long-lasting flowers, ‘Daisy May’ is also excellent for cut flower arrangements and attracts beneficial pollinators to the garden.

📏 Size When Fully Grown

• Height: approx. 30 – 45 cm
• Spread: approx. 30 – 40 cm
• Growth Habit: Compact, clump-forming
• Growth Rate: Moderate

🌱 Best Growing Conditions

• Light: Full sun (minimum 6 hours daily for best flowering)
• Soil: Well-drained, fertile soil enriched with compost
• Water:
  • Moderate watering
  • Allow soil to dry slightly between watering
• Feeding: Apply a balanced fertiliser in spring and mid-season
• Maintenance:
  • Deadhead spent flowers to extend blooming
  • Divide clumps every 2–3 years to maintain vigour

🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

• Best Planting Time: Spring (August – October)
• Growing Season: Spring to summer
• Flowering Season: Late spring through summer
• Climate Suitability: Performs well in temperate regions
• Frost Tolerance: Tolerates light frost

🌼 Additional Benefits

• Classic daisy appearance
• Excellent cut flower
• Attracts bees and butterflies
• Low-maintenance perennial

🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Garden beds and borders
✔ Cottage gardens
✔ Patio containers
✔ Cut flower gardens
✔ Pollinator-friendly plantings