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Re: Chrysanthemum Shasta Daisy

Here is a brief primer on Shasta daisies.
"snow lady" is a short plant growing 6-10 inches and is a seed strain  the
best being the true F1 hybrids. It has 2.5 inch flowers with much branched
stems.
'aglaya' is a large frilly white double flowering form on tall stems 26- 30
inches 
"Alaska" is a large single white raised from seed with yellow centers growing
20-36 inches tall
"giant double" is a large white double growing 22-26 inches tall
"Little Miss Muffet" is a dwarf bushy compact seed raised plant with
semi-double flowers on 10-12 inch stems and yellow centers
'Little Princess' is a single white on short plants growing 10-12 inches tall
"Snowcap" is a pure white flower on compact plants growing 10-12 inches tall
'Thomas Killen'  is a nice large single white with a "crest" of cream
"semi-double- strong stems growing from 26-32 inches tall.
"Antwerp Star" from Europe with giant single pure white flowers on 30-38 inch
stems
"Barbara Bush" a variegated Shasta daisy-have not grown this one.
"Cobham Gold" with golden flowers 30 inches tall but the plants are week and
the foliage is unattractive--at least to me. It has a high mortality rate in
MN.
"Marconi" has a frilly raged white flower on 28-36 inches stems

All shastas are short lived and should thus be divided often- like every
year.
The best time for division is after they are done blooming in Aug.
Lift the plant out of the ground and remove all the dirt and pull apart the
stems and plant . Space each stem from 5-10 inches apart. cover with .25
inches of soil and water every few days for two weeks.

Shastas like a well drained soil more on the dry side--they do not like to be
wet.
wet ground in the late fall and winter will kill them-they over winter best
in dry soil.
Once the plant gets old and woody at the base-they become less likely to
survive the winter-so do divide often to keep the stems at ground level
fleshy and soft. the plant that over winter the best are green and soft at
the base and not brown and woody.

P.S. I once had a plant from snow lady that grew only 4 inches tall and
flowered very well-it went very well together with a Liatris that I had that
only grew 8 inches tall and bloomed in a very nice deep violet purple.
It pays to select out the best in plants and propagate them out.

P.P.S. one of my favs was a plant called "Starburst" it was a F1 hybrid and
produced very large white flower on strong stems--great for cutting - I
wonder what ever happened to it. Burpees I think "made' it.

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