Common
name: "Blackfoot Daisy" or "White
Paper Flower"
Latin name: Melampodium leucanthum
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Zone: 4
- 7
Elevation to: 7000'
Growth habit: Clump forming
Max height: 6" - 18"
Spread: 6"
Flowers: Yes, June - October Flower type: Zinnia like
Native to area: Yes
Available varieties: 1
Sunshine:
Water:
Perennial
Cultivation:
Blackfoot Daisy would be more appropriately called White Paper
Flower because of the abundance of small white Daisy like flowers
produced from late spring to the end of summer. The flowers have a
bit of a honey fragrance.
Plant Blackfoot Daisy in full sun in well drained soil. It
tolerates poor soil types
and drought quite well. Blackfoot Daisy is a native plant and can
be found growing wild in south-east Colorado.
Propagation:
Seed can be started in a cold frame or greenhouse and moved
outdoors after danger of frost has passed. For quicker growth
purchase pre-started Blackfoot Daisy plants at your local Garden Center. Plants
can be divided during early spring.
