Shasta Daisies.... anyone "local" care to share? :)

[Smart Red]

Are they the ones that have more of a "feathery" petal?

Yes, they rather are. And they are a form of Shasta daisy -- I didn't know that before -- called Crazy Shasta Daisies.

 

[journey11]

So sorry for the loss of your furry friend. What a nice remembrance that garden will make.

We always plant flowering bulbs over our pets' graves. (Just wish DH would remember not to mow them over. SMH...)

 

[Smart Red]

Since I do the mowing, that would not be a problem. However, son drove the big farm tractor back and forth over my semi-shady bed yesterday and spouse parked a trailer full of drilling mud on top of one of the sunny perennial beds. Poor things, the perennials are trying hard to come up and the wheels are chewing them back down. Sigh. We have 30 acres! There must be other places they can drive than over my flowers.

 

[SweetMissDaisy]

SmartRed, those flowers are adorable!! I guess I always thought those were a type of Mum.

 

[Smart Red]

Do you have any painted daisies? They make an interesting change from all white. The painted daisies are in the mum family.

 

[NwMtGardener]

Oh, SweetMissDaisy, so sorry, you must miss not having your dear friend around, after her companionship for all those years. What a nice remembrance for her.

 

[thistlebloom]

Do you have any painted daisies? They make an interesting change from all white. The painted daisies are in the mum family.

And they don't have that peculiar reek that Shastas do.

 

[Carol Dee]

And they don't have that peculiar reek that Shastas do.

I don't think I ever noticed if daisies even had a smell!

 

[thistlebloom]

It may be a varietal thing, or a certain period in their bloom cycle.
I had a clump in my little picket garden where I love to sit, and I was constantly checking the bottoms of my shoes. Turns out it was the Shastas, so I moved them to the edge of the lawn. And yes Anna, those are some of what I'm bringing you!

 

[Carol Dee]

It may be a varietal thing, or a certain period in their bloom cycle.
I had a clump in my little picket garden where I love to sit, and I was constantly checking the bottoms of my shoes. Turns out it was the Shastas, so I moved them to the edge of the lawn. And yes Anna, those are some of what I'm bringing you!

Bringing, not sending! So you 2 will get to meet in person? Oh - I am so ENVIOUS. We (I) want photos of you both.