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Daisy

Bellis

Also called Daisies

Daisy
Photo: Thomas Bresson, CC BY 3.0

Bellis is a genus of small, mostly perennial flowering plants in the daisy family, best known through the common daisy (Bellis perennis), which grows 5 to 20 cm tall with one daisy-like flower per stem. Grow them in cool, sunny to lightly shaded spots with consistently moist soil.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and water at the base to avoid rotting the crown.
Soil
Fertile, well-drained garden soil or peat-free potting mix.
Temperature
10–20 °C is ideal; tolerates frost, but protect container plants in hard freezes.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic

About

Bellis () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

The group is native to Europe, the Mediterranean and northern Africa. One species has been introduced into North America and others into other parts of the world. The genus includes the familiar common daisy Bellis perennis.

Other Bellis plants

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bellis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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