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Annual Daisy

Bellis annua

Annual Daisy
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Hagen Graebner assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 3.0

Bellis annua is a small annual daisy from the Mediterranean eastward to Iran, usually grown as a wildflower or in cool-season bedding rather than as a major garden plant. It needs cool, sunny conditions and sowing in autumn or early spring.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil evenly moist while establishing, then water when the top layer dries out.
Soil
Well-drained garden soil or light potting mix.
Temperature
5-20 °C; tolerates light frost but dislikes heat.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Canary Is., Medit. to Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Bellis annua, the annual daisy, is a small daisy species native to Mediterranean countries eastward to Iran.

Other Bellis plants

Bellis annua subsp. microcephala · Bellis annua subsp. minuta · Daisy · Bellis bernardii · Bellis caerulescens · Bellis cordifolia · Bellis dubia · Hyrkanian Daisy · Bellis longifolia · Bellis pappulosa · Daisy · Bellis rotundifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bellis annua 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.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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