Re: [gardeners] Shasta daisy standards?

Carol J. Bova (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 21 Aug 2001 20:59:34 -0700

Maybe Euryops pectinatus?  Yellow bush daisy.
I have them trained as standards at the cemetery behind a monument 
display.  Bush form is shown here with a pic of the flower:
http://www.plantadviser.com/azcentral/plants/eurypect.htm

Carol
Sunland, CA

At 07:03 AM 8/21/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>When a reader asked if a "daisy tree" was hardy in our zone 6 area, I 
>asked the botanical name, and since it didn't come with one, I suggested 
>he go back to the nursery he bought it from and ask them.  A friend 
>insists it may be a Shasta daisy standard, and I don't see how anyone 
>could make a standard out of a Shasta daisy.  Can you? TIA, Margaret L