Shasta daisies are old-fashioned favorites for perennial borders and cut flowers, with single and double-flowered cultivars available. Plant in average to dry well-drained garden soil in full sun to partial shade. Use in the perennial border, containers, cutting garden or cottage garden. Cultivars come in different sizes and flower forms. Previously this plant had the genus name Chrysanthemum. Diseases, Insect Pests, and Other Plant Problems: This plant is occasionally damaged by deer. Some cultivars have shown excellent resistance to phytophthora. Other cultivars in the same study have shown fair resistance to phytophthora or poor resistance to leaf spot (where fair is defined as less than half, and poor as more than half, of the plants dying from the disease).
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot in the Landscape; Phytophthora Blight and Root Rot on Annuals and Herbaceous Perennials; Bacterial Leaf Spot on Greenhouse Ornamentals; Southern Bacterial Wilt on Herbaceous Ornamental Plants