Leucanthemum vulgare -- (Oxeye Daisy)


Public Text Information - (0 comments)
 Scientific Name:  Leucanthemum vulgare
 Common Name:  Oxeye Daisy
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  White
 Plant Origin:  Introduced
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam
 Drought Tolerance:  Medium
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  Low
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  None
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Low
 Bloom Period:  Summer
 Commercial Availability:  No Known Source
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  130
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  Yes
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Fall
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Brown
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  Yes
 Fire Tolerance:  Low
 Foliage Texture:  Coarse
 Growth Form:  Bunch
 Growth Habit:  Forb/herb
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height, Mature (feet):  1.3
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Short
 pH (Maximum):  7
 pH (Minimum):  5.2
 Precipitation (Minimum):  30
 Protein Potential:  Low
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  8
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  200000
 Seed Spread Rate:  Moderate
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -28
 Toxicity:  Slight
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  None
 Propagation:  Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)  Browse Animal (Low), Graze Animal (Low)
 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Asterales
 Family:  Asteraceae
 Genus:  Leucanthemum

Return to Cannon Valley Nursery homepage