Leucanthemum Ooh La™ 'LASPIDER'

Dutch breeding company Florensis introduced a lovely Ooh La™ series of 3 compact Shasta daisies, recognizable by the first syllable La in variety name: LaGrande, LaCross, and LaSpider. The all offer compact plants with profuse flowering.

LaSpider is a large-flowered Shasta daisy with fully double, snow white flowers. The petals are fringed and numerous, yet cannot hide golden yellow central discs. Flowers excel in longevity and commonly appear from about mid July for 5-6 weeks, and after a short break re-bloom to decorate your gardens and patios for late summer and early autumn. Leaves are deep green and glossy, narrowly lance-shaped, distinctively serrated. The plant makes a dense, compact clump about 20 cm tall, or 30 cm tall with flowers.

Shasta daisy is widely soil adaptable provided the soil is evenly moist but well-drained. Just make sure the crown of plant is just above the soil level, never deeper. For best results we recommend growing it in humus-rich soil where the number of flowers and overall plant appearance will be better. It is commonly disease resistant but slugs become a problem when they find it since they love it - both flowers and foliage. Make sure they stay away from this beauty, otherwise they can eat the entire plant leaving bare stems in the bed. Fully hardy to about -34°C (USDA zone 4).

Last update 04-12-2017