Rhodanthemum Species, Moroccan Daisy

It's easy to confuse this plant with Anthemis cupaniana, as the flowers and foliage are rather similar. But this is a much more attracti...Read Moreve plant with a longer flowering season, bigger flowers (5 -- 6 cm or two inches across) and neater, more silvery foliage.
Coming from the rocky hills of Morocco, it needs full sun and perfect drainage and looks very attractive among other xerophytes such as gazanias, osteospermums, yuccas,and succulents.
It's really a sub-shrub -- usually about a foot tall and two feet across, and the evergreen silvery leaves look attractive even in winter.

I've grown this plant for years in my own rock garden as well as planted it in many client's gardens.
It is a delightful, compact-...Read Moregrowing little perennial.

What's more, it can take all kinds of weather from freezes to full-on intense summer sun.
Keep it on the dry side and, otherwise, leave it be.

This little daisy looks wonderful even out of bloom with its silvery foliage.
When it is fully adorned with its brilliant white blooms it is stunning.

Just this past January I thought I would take a stab at making a few divisions of my five year old plant.
Nothing to it.
Got a couple of sections with a few roots, potted it in my standard, quick-draining mix and set the pot in my coldframe.
Checked today -- both divisions fully rooted and growing well.

Can't go wrong with this one.