Showing posts with label Melampodium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melampodium. Show all posts

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Black Foot Daisy

Melampodium divaricatum
Also called Butter Daisy. An annual.
The golden-yellow flowers appear from late spring into early autumn.
Easy to grow in full sun on just about any fertile, well drained soil.

* photos taken on July 26 2020 in Columbia, MD


Melampodium leucanthum
A mounding long-lived perennial, reaching up to 1.5 x 2 feet, that is native to the western U.S. ( from northwest Arizona to central Colorado to central Kansas; south to northwest Mexico to central Texas ). It is found on dry grassland in the wild.
The linear to lance-shaped leaves, up to 2 inches long, are gray-green.
The fragrant, white flowers, up to 1 inches across, are borne all summer long. Up to 50 flower heads may appear at a time on a plant.
Hardy zones 5 to 9 in full sun on sandy, very well drained soil that is mulched in gravel. It does not like clay. It is extremely heat tolerant.

* USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database