What is argyranthemum?
argyranthemum is a genus consisting of 23 species of flowering plants of endemic only to the Canary Islands and Madeira. The species of this family can be found in habitats that range from the beaches to the volcanic mountains. Its plants are sometimes referred to as Dill Daisies or Marguerites and Rod is part of the Asteraceae family, which includes sunflowers and many types of daisies. Depending on the climate, plants can be cultivated as annuals or perennials.
are often grown in a pot, boundaries and containers and are grown for use as cut flowers. The stem control is the recommended method of spreading. Types argyranthemum grow rapidly and have a mass growth habit. When used as cut flowers, argyranthemem flowers usually have a decorative lifetime of four to seven days.
Often they are wrong with chrysanthemum, the argyranthemem flowers are daisy-like and come in white, pink, orange, red and yellow stinkingly colored center, which is most commonly yellow. The flowers have a diarrheaThe 2 to 3 inches (5.1 to 7.6 cm) and the species include those that produce individual, semi-two and double flowers.
Blooms start in the spring and continue until autumn or to the first hard frost. Flowering is most intense at colder temperatures early in spring and autumn. The flowers attract butterflies and are fragrant. However, argyranthemem plants are deer resistant.
flowers are made on strong stems that grow above the leaves of the plant. Leaves argyranthemem are dissected or lobed and are in colors from blue -green to almost silver. They are aromatic when they are bruised or crushed. The species in the genus are similar to shrubs or creep and grow to heights of up to 3 feet (91 cm) and spread to widths of up to 2 feet (61 cm).
These plants are easy to grow and make the best in the well in the well, which is slightly acidic to slightly alkaline. They need full sunlight and flowers that uteRatti should be removed to stimulate further flowering. Planting is best in the spring and should be done after the threat of frost.
types of genus are sensitive to aphids, fringes, mealy errors, standards, miner leaves, sponge, mosquitoes, worms, spiders and pills, as well as diseases such as botrytis, root rot, trunk rot, rhizoctonia, stem and coronation yellow. While they are doing well in growing, in the wild, the types of argyranthemum did not do. The International Union for Nature Conservation has reported more than 20 species as endangered.