The form of the Daisy isadmired by all , so that it is strange that more personsdo not grow the lovely Daisies known as Pyrethrums . The flowers are bright in color and are borne on longstems . They might be called Spring Chrysanthemums , forthey bloom chiefly in June . Many of the kind areattractively double over . The colors drift from mystifying richcrimson to light pink and ashen . They grow 2 feet to3 foot tall . The right botanical name isChrysanthemum coccineam;the catalogs also call themPyrethrum roseumandhybridum .
How to use Pink Daisy
The citizens of England are partial of these flower that they have many mention varieties . Of PyrethrumsThe Ladies ’ Fieldwrites :
“ Amongst the most satisfactory of all the flowers in the garden we may count double Pyrethrums . They are of almost multitudinous mixture , which time seems powerless to wither , and which usage never stale . closely every year date some new maturation , the result of skillful raising and discriminating extract . They have many dependable qualities to urge them . These flowers are extremely showy , and are as stout as they are effective . They are of the easiest possible culture , and as cut flower they are invaluable , lasting for full two week in full and fresh beauty . This , when one is away from one ’s own garden and has to barter for blossom for the expert contentment of the moment , is a great desideratum . In the borders they last for several months . Pyrethrums are in their height of beauty in June , but by means of heady thinning and stopping , and by the integral prevention of the geological formation of anything like seminal fluid , they may be observe blossoming all through the Summer . If this be too much trouble , and a continued chronological succession is not wanted , the plants may be edit right down after their Midsummer blossoming , when they will form up again with rejuvenated vim , and blossom gaily again in the Autumn as vigorously as if it were their first effort for the yr . ”
Where to plant Pyrethrums
The Pyrethrums grow nicely , even in partial tincture , but they must have perfect drainage . An crucial point in their civilisation is advert to above ; they should be prevented from seeding and if cut down directly after they have bring on their principal crop of bloom ; they will blossom abundantly late in Summer .
PROPAGATION . Sow the seeds or divide the plants in Spring .
Alfred Carl Hottes
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