Oxeye Daisy

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The backbone of the British summer meadow. Oxeye Daisy produces large, cheerful flower heads with pure white petals surrounding a vibrant yellow eye — bobbing and swaying on tall, wiry stems, creating that classic rippling meadow effect that is one of the defining images of the English countryside from May through to September.A tough, vigorous native perennial that establishes quickly and returns year after year, expanding to form large, weed-suppressing clumps. Listed on the RHS Plants for Pollinators — its broad, flat heads are a vital landing pad for butterflies, beetles, and hoverflies. Approximately 1,000 seeds per packet. Leucanthemum vulgare — Hardy Native Perennial (H7) Height: 60–80cm | Flowers: May–September Sow outdoors September–October or March–May; press into surface, do not cover Full sun; poor, well-drained soil — do not feed Spreads via rhizomes and self-seed — give it room RHS Plants for Pollinators listed Grow it with Poppy Flanders Red for an instant cornfield meadow in the first summer, while the daisies establish their permanent colony. Show more