 |
Leibnitzia anandria |
 |
|
| 
| | No wonder I usually miss the spring bloom - the flowers appear in early April, low to the ground |
|
| Common name |
Leibnitz daisy |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
white (late spring and early fall) |
| Size |
1' tall, 6" wide |
| Light |
full sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
average soil |
From seed  |
Easy, at room temperature. Self-seeds in our garden.
Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
|
| Seed ripens | early August |
Interesting plant. From tidy rosettes of serrated leaves, this plant blooms twice a year. The flower buds are pink-tinged, and open to white flowers, followed by fluffy seedheads. What's odd is that the mid-summer bloom seems to proceed directly from closed bud to seedhead - no flowers. The images below show "buds" in two stages of opening.
|
In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: rock garden Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Irene | Feb 01, 2006 | Thank you for this posted image. Everyone talks about the second stage, fluffy seedheads like cotton and they are actually not. I am pasting a description from www.gardensnorth.com who has them for sale which will explain the two stage mystery:
Unusual perennial native to Asia. Plant is dimorphic (having distinct spring and autumn flowering stages). The flowering you see first year from seed is actually the autumn stage (the seed-producing fluffy white "dandelion type" flower heads). In spring, white daisies appear, rose-pink underneath.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the information, Irene. It's a fascinating plant. |
- Seed from '01 trade. Baggy 70F (100%G, 4-7d)
I welcome comments about my web pages; feel free to use the form below to
leave feedback about this particular page. For the benefit of other visitors
to these pages, I will list any relevant comments you leave, and if
appropriate, I will update my page to correct mis-information. Faced with an
ever-increasing onslaught of spam, I'm forced to discard any comments including
html markups. Please submit your comment as plain text. If you have a
comment about the website as a whole, please leave it in my
guestbook. If you
have a question that needs a personal response, please
e-mail me.
Last modified:
April 13, 2005
Contact me
|
