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Tanacetum coccineum |
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| Synonym(s) |
Pyrethrum roseum; Chrysanthemum coccineum |
| Common name |
painted daisy |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
pink-red with yellow eye (May-June) |
| Size |
24" |
| Light |
full sun |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
germinates at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | early July |
Compact tufts of fine-cut foliage, from which flower stalks rise in May. Good cutflowers. Deadhead/cut back to promote rebloom. The 'James Kelway' cultivar is sometimes described as having scarlet flowers. Ours is more a magenta, but we like it anyway.
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| | Cute tufts of green in early spring |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: side garden, orchard nursery area About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Tournesole Mio | Jul 21, 2006 | Is there any posibility to get some samples or at least some picture of seed grain to Tanaceum coccineum sve. Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium spp.
As we are working on construction of "Seed grain bombs" and Jiffy-pot mediated projectiles able to be ejected by transformed odd war material we hope.
I've no idea what you're talking about, but it sounds like it might be fun. |
- Seed ex 'Robinson mix' from '00 garden. Baggy 70F (70%G, 4-7d)
- 'James Kelway' seed from '03 trade. Baggy 70F (70%G, 4-7d)
- Seed from '06 garden. Baggy 70F (90%G, 4-8d)
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February 29, 2008
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