Years ago I saw a 80 cm high white Daisy in a garden. It was love
at first sight. I asked the
gardenowner the name, but she never
worked in the garden and had really no
idea.
At another occasion I saw the plant again at a gardencentre. It was in a pot with a mother
plant. They told me that you
have to sow that plant. Unfortunately they had no
seeds, and of course the mother plant was not for sale.
A year later I spotted the plant again in a French road verge. Alas no seeds on it. No name tag too! It was to lose all hope.
Until two years ago ...
In Switzerland, near Italy the plant could be found everywhere in the wild! On the railway tracks, in the allotments, but also in the roadverge next to our campsite. In the evening, after doing the dishes, I went to see if there were any seeds on it.
I put a paper
bag of the croissants
of earlier that day in my pocket, just in case there were
indeed seeds to be found. They were! The seeds are
miniscule. But I was deeply satisfied with a tip of the croissant bag
full of seeds.
On arrival back home I sowed the seeds in the picking garden and the plant came on. It flourishes from June to November. On the internet I finally found the name, Erigeron annuus, Daisy Fleabane.
On arrival back home I sowed the seeds in the picking garden and the plant came on. It flourishes from June to November. On the internet I finally found the name, Erigeron annuus, Daisy Fleabane.
Today I discovered hundreds of seedlings in my picking garden. It looks as though this summer love is here to stay!
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Daisy Fleabane close up |
Daisy Fleabane, Erigeron anuuus |
Seedlings of Daisy Fleabane |
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