STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Shasta Daisies, belonging to the Compositae or Daisy family, formerly were members of the Chrysanthemum family. Since they’re not aromatic and their leaves don’t have ...

Summer to autumn flowering Shasta daisies (Leucanthemum) are the classic daisies, with sunny yellow centres and white single or double petals. When massed they make a bold statement. Tough growers ...

I can see it from an upstairs bedroom window. A big, imposing patch of white at the far end of the back garden, 70 metres away — an early summer flower display that arrived on its own, probably from a ...

* What it is: An early-summer-blooming perennial flower with showy white-petaled blooms around a central yellow-gold disc. Flowers form at the top of flower stalks. On dwarf varieties, stalks shoot up ...

Since early childhood, I have had a perpetual fascination with nature. Wildlife and wildflowers were an integral part of my youth growing up in the Catskill Mountains, and my fondest childhood ...

Shasta Daisies, belonging to the Compositae or Daisy family, formerly were members of the Chrysanthemum family. Since they're not aromatic and their leaves don't have grayish-white hairs, they were ...