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Graham Rice Garden writer and plantsman Northamptonshire and Pennsylvania

Editor-in-Chief of the RHS Encyclopedia of Perennials; writer for a wide range of newspapers and magazines including The Garden and The Plantsman; member of the RHS Herbaceous Plant Committee and Floral Trials Committee; author of many books on plants and gardens.

  • Date Joined: 18 Oct 2006

A new shasta dasisy - in yellow

Posted by Graham Rice on 25 Jun 2008 at 10:34 AM

Shasta daisies, Leucanthemum x superbum, have never been the most fashionable of plants but they're tough, dependable and those masses of brilliant white daisies make real impact. They're good for cutting, too.

In recent years the trend has been to reduce their height, ‘Snow Lady' can flower at just 25cm, but this year's newcomer is rather different. The plant reaches about 45cm, the flowers are large - and they're yellow. (Click on the picture to enlarge it.)

I know, there've been yellow shasta daisies before but in Broadway Lights (‘Leumayel') the flowers open a really bright yellow then become creamier as they age and eventually white. The flowers last well and so for much of their long season the plant carries a pleasing harmony of all three shades. What's more, ‘Broadway Lights' develops quickly so it produces plenty of flower in its first season in the garden. It looks well worth trying.

Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Broadway Lights' is available from these the RHS Plant Centre at Wisley, Gardening Express and Avondale Nursery.
 

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