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How to plant and care for Shasta Daisy
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Alaska'
Big, crisp white daisies with golden centres from June to September — a reliable border plant and long-lasting cut flower.
When to plant and care for it
Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.
Growing Shasta Daisy: what it needs
- Light
- Full sun · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water well until established, then in dry spells
- Soil
- Fertile, well-drained soil
- Spacing
- 45 cm
- Height
- 75 cm
- In pots
- Grows well in containers
- Feeding
- A little general feed in spring
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 5–9
Step by step
- On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as it was in its pot, 45 cm apart, and firm in.
- 0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
- 7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.
Every year
- MarchDivide Big Clumps
Every 3–4 years, lift big clumps, split them into fist-sized pieces with a spade and replant the young outer parts.
- MayAdd Support
Push in twiggy sticks or a ring support before the stems get tall.
- JulyIn Flower
Classic white daisies — cut some for the vase.
- JulyDeadhead
Cut faded flowers back to a bud for more.
More flowers to grow
Photo: Fernando Losada Rodríguez / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
