Engelmannia Species, Engelmann's Daisy, Cut-leaf Daisy

I have over a hundred growing wild in my 3 acre yard.They are very hardy. A single plant can get over 3 ft wide X 3 ft tall. They are so ...Read Morepretty we mow around them. More come back every spring.

I've never grown this, so I can't rate it positve. But want to say, I hear deer are quite fond of it, and it is a native plant they natu...Read Morerally eat in the wild.

I have started some of these in my experimental wildflower bed. Follow its progress in my DG Journal and Blog.

It is nati...Read Moreve to this area and is usually found along the roadside, as either the land is grazed or cultivated otherwise. Livestock do graze this, and like the comment before mine, are responsible for its disapearance.

Its petals curl under during periods of extreme heat, but right now (May) they are straight and erect. It blooms in May, June, July, and August, and therefore if planted very close together would provide color all summer long.

Engelmann daisy is a lovely perennial that blooms for a long period of time.
This plant is readily eaten by livestock and has diss...Read Moreapeared from much of its former rage. The genus honors George Engelmann a German-American botanist who classified many new Western species.
I have only one plant in my wildflower garden but I enjoy it very much.