‘Robinson’s Mix’ — pink, red and white daisies on ferny foliage, the pyrethrum daisy, planted in fall for spring bloom. Full sun to afternoon shade, moderate water, good drainage, and treat it as a cool-season annual here.
Painted daisy is a perennial in cool climates and a handsome cool-season annual in ours: a clump of fine, ferny leaves that sends up two-foot stems of large single daisies in clear pink, crimson and white with yellow centers in March and April. It is the plant pyrethrum insecticide comes from, which explains why almost nothing eats it. It is a good cut flower and a cottage-border plant, and it does not care for our summer.
We commonly carry ‘Robinson’s Mix’. Fall planting, full sun to afternoon shade, moderate water. Mildly toxic to pets. The rest of the color tables are on our Annual Flowers & Foliage page.
This is the painted daisy we commonly carry. Availability changes week to week and season to season, so call (480) 987-3308 or stop in to see what’s on the bench today.
Tanacetum coccineum ‘Robinson’s Mix’: single three-inch daisies in rose, crimson, pink and white on 24-inch stems above ferny foliage. Fall-planted; blooms March–April.
Looking for one that isn’t listed? Ask — we can usually suggest a close match or tell you when it tends to come around.
The care tag was written somewhere else. This is the Queen Creek version.
Set out from mid-October through January so the clump develops over winter. It flowers in March and April and declines in the heat of late May. Occasionally a plant survives summer in afternoon shade and returns; most are replanted. Frost-hardy.
Well-drained soil amended with compost; it rots in heavy, wet ground. Water every three to four days through winter and every two to three while flowering, at the base. Moderate moisture.
A balanced fertilizer at planting and once in February. Rich feeding gives floppy foliage.
Full sun through winter, afternoon shade from April. It flowers best with plenty of winter light.
Two-foot stems can flop in wind; a low ring of stakes or close planting keeps them up. Cut for the vase when the flowers are just open — they last a week. Deadhead to extend bloom.
Almost pest-free — the foliage contains natural pyrethrins. Aphids occasionally on buds. Mildly toxic to cats and dogs if eaten; the plant is bitter and rarely tried.
Snap a photo of the spot — sun direction, wall color, pot size — and we’ll pick a season-correct combination with you. Advice is free.
Annuals succeed or fail on what’s under them. We stock planting mix and compost for beds, potting mix for containers, bloom fertilizers including Tony’s Magic Mix and Magic Flower, starter fertilizer, drip fittings and frost cloth for the cold nights. The pottery yard has glazed and terracotta pots from 4-inch to whiskey-barrel size, window boxes and hanging baskets, and soil and mulch is sold by the bag or by the yard.
Mid-October through January for March and April bloom.
No — it is Tanacetum coccineum, the pyrethrum daisy, with ferny foliage and colored single flowers. It is treated as a cool-season annual here.
Rarely in our summers. Occasionally a plant in afternoon shade survives; most are replanted each fall.
Every three to four days in winter, every two to three days while flowering. Good drainage is important.
The foliage contains pyrethrins and is rarely attacked, but the living plant does not protect its neighbors.
Mildly toxic if eaten, though its bitterness deters most animals.
Painted Daisy live on the annuals tables; any staff member can point you to them. Locally owned, and a short drive from San Tan Valley, Gilbert, Chandler and Mesa.