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We planted some shasta daisies last year and now I've been reading that they are one of the most invasive plants out there. I can't handle flowers like that in my small area so help me to get rid of them. We still have frozen ground here so I don't think they've turned green yet. What should I do?
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what zone are you in? are they considered invasive in that zone?
i've not ever heard that they are invasive and i see them around in various yards and they're definitely not 'out of control' in any of them. small clumps no larger than a foot and half wide at the most - and i've been driving by these yards for 8 years now going to work and they've not gotten any larger than that. i'm in zone 6 and if they're not invasive here, i doubt they would be where you are since you're so much further north and have a shorter growing season.
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If what I have read is correct it is the Ox-eye daisy( Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)that is invasive not the shasta daisy(Leucanthemum x superbum).
Ox-eye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Prohibited in the States of Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Washington, Wyoming, and West Virginia.
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Shasta daisies spread alot by seed...but they are not invasive. Just dig out the plants you don't want, in fact you can usually just pull them out. My coneflowers spread faster than my shastas.....just to give you an idea.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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I get the Canadian Gardening magazine and the flower is the one Gardencrazy mentioned shasta daisy(Leucanthemum x superbum. Thanks for the reminder to look at the difference in the daisies. I live in zone 3b, our last frost was in the first week of June and the last one wasn't till mid Sept last year. Even with that I just may take them out, my flower bed is a bit too small.
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....just make the flower bed bigger
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Well that is definitely a good idea, but I have so many already that.............Oh well it's still a good idea.
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Plant some in containers.. Like an old wheelbarrel or something.
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Yup, like Dodge suggested, in containers to stop runners for forming (if they form runners...I don't know) I don't think they'll be too invasive in 3B
Helping the world one seed at a time When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
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Containers......hey great idea, I think I'll dig mine out and find an old wash barrel or something and in it goes.
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Rosepetal, just do it ..The sky is the limit. I live on a farm and i plant lots in huge flower pots or anything that will hold dirt.. I sometime take the plastic bags that you buy soil in, and slit the top and plant seeds there an let it set.. No weeding to be done. Also what we do here, put a bushel like container on its side, like it is spilled, and add soil and flowers.. Looks like some one spilled a bushel of blooms........ DO it.
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I like daisies - too bad their outlawed in some states.
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Daisys grow wild here.....What states are they outlawed and why?
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I love stuff that spreads good. I have shasta's too and mine look great, getting ready to bloom
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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Outlawed???? is that because they take over??? I planted some chrysanthemum seeds this year called snowland. On the picture they look like tiny daisies....white with yellow button noses....that's actually why I thought I'd try them. They sure came up nice may be transplanting them this week already into my greenhouse.
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The ox eye daisy is outlawed because it is soooo invasive. The cultivated sashta daisy, was the result of a cross between the ox eye daisy and another daisy (from europe I think). The sashta daisy is less invasive, had much showier blooms and is so much easier to control and get rid of.
Helping the world one seed at a time When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
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new Question...... what is the chrysanthemum primrose.. I have it growing from seed and love the foilage. It is sort of white like lambs ears.
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Yup, like Dodge suggested, in containers to stop runners for forming (if they form runners...I don't know) I don't think they'll be too invasive in 3B they spread by seed
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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pretty too I might add...save me some seeds
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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Thanks Belinda,, They are hardy just like the others. And summer blooms .. Sounds good. Yes I will save seeds for you.. If summer ever come.
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whew I hear ya, we are under frost warning tonight
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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this is 3or 4 years of shasta dasy spreading in zone 7 flowers.jpg" alt="[Linked Image]" class="post-image" style="height:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;"/> you can see you'd have pleanty of time to get them under control
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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We like daisys.. Brown eyed one blooming its head off here. b
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me too, I tell you I have lots of places I'd love for these pretty things to bloom
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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that's pretty Belinda. I have yellow primrose too. I'll save you some seeds too.
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Sure doesn't take long for them to spread does it. I don't want that to happen to my small flower bed though. So thanks for showing the picture.
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