There are a huge number of species (2000) only large daisies. Many people are accustomed to presenting them with white flowers with a yellow center. And that's not entirely true.
Many grow daisies in the garden. Their species are limited to two or three. However, among the above number of species, there are many different shades of daisies, similar in structure and reproduction, similar in planting and care. For many, they may seem far from the colors we are used to. But these are the real daisies.
Chamomile: types
Approximately 40 species of daisies are common in Eurasia, North and South America. In Russian latitudes, you can often see chamomile and odorous chamomile. Certain types of pyrethrum, leucanthemum, navel and chamomile (odorless chamomile) have the same name.
Almost everywhere you can find odorless chamomile, completely odorless. Very similar to her chamomile pharmacy. However, they do have differences.
Among the flowers growing in nature, there are both annual and perennial daisies. Their types are varied. Consider the mostinteresting of the types of daisies common in many countries.
One of the tallest species is Echinacea purpurea, which has bright petals surrounded by a yellow-brown cone-shaped center. The stem of the flower is decorated with white hairs and dark green leaves. This flower is interesting in that its central cone is actually tiny flowers, and the bright petals are leaves. Wild Echinacea grows in abundance in eastern North America.
Gerberas compared to other types of daisies are very fragile and rather capricious plants. Due to their variety of colors, they look great in flower beds and bouquets. This type of daisy is native to Madagascar, South Africa and Asia.
Popular large-flowered chrysanthemum, compared to other species, does not occur in the wild. This species is a hybrid daisy created by Luther Burbank in California, which is why Americans themselves usually call it Shasta daisy.
Camomile officinalis
There is medicinal chamomile in nature. Types of pharmacy chamomile are different from ordinary daisies. Pharmacy chamomile has good medicinal properties. This is a herbaceous annual plant, the height of which is 40 cm. Chamomile has a taproot, slightly branched root system. The stem is strongly branched, bare, the leaves are sessile, alternate, twice dissected into pointed lobes.
Pharmacy chamomile (all types) has a pleasant smell and a bitter taste. This plantunpretentious and does not require care, therefore it is common in the wild.
Differences between medicinal and odorless chamomile
The white flowers of the pharmacy chamomile coming out of the flower basket are two times shorter than those of the usual odorless one. The leaves of the pharmacy are distinguished by the fact that they are pinnatipartite. Exactly the same leaves of another chamomile - odorous. Only white flowers with long tongues, like the odorless one, this flower is missing.
The smell of odorous chamomile, like the medicinal one, is also quite strong. Both of them have valuable medicinal properties. Medicinal chamomile - annual flowers. If you collect all the daisies in one place before their seeds ripen, then next year there may not be daisies in that place. Chamomile is odorless, unlike medicinal species, the plant is a perennial.
Types of yellow daisies
Crowberry (or goat) is an unusual yellow chamomile. There are two types of these flowers. These are doronicums - oriental and plantain. They differ mainly in the height of the peduncles and the diameter of the flowers themselves.
The first species has erect, completely unbranched stems up to 50 cm high. At the end of the stem there is a single yellow basket (chamomile), the diameter of which is about 8 cm.
And plantain doronicum has stems even up to 1 5 meters, the flower itself has a diameter of 10-12 cm.
These types of daisies bloom from mid-May to mid-June (depending on the region). This flower does not form seeds, they reproduce only by dividing the bushes, so the stems are cut after flowering.
Looks great in flower beds from late spring to early summer yellow doronicum (chamomile). Types of this chamomile should be planted in the background of the flower garden, because they bloom early and then lose their decorative effect. Yes, and among themselves (due to different heights), they must be distributed accordingly in height in a flower bed.
Almost all types of daisies look great in single and group plantings on flower beds, and they look especially impressive on a green lawn.
