Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Fruit:	Edible to birds
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	White
Flower Time:	Spring Summer Fall
Uses:	Groundcover Medicinal Herb Cut Flower Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Birds Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds:	Self fertile Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds very thin Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Pollinators:	Self Beetles Moths and Butterflies Flies Bees

Common names

Oxeye Daisy
Ox-Eye Daisy
Field Daisy
Marguerite
Moon Daisy

Botanical names

Accepted: Leucanthemum vulgare
Synonym: Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

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Location: zone 5b facing north
Date: May, 2010

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Location: Hillingdon, London, England, United Kingdom
Date: 2023-06-10

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Location: West Fulton, NY My Shade/Cottage Garden
Date: 2017-05-03
I grabbed a small patch of roadside daisies and planted them a fe

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Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
Close up of flower.

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Location: Blue Ridge, Georgia
Date: 2012-05-17

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Location: My garden
Date: 2017-06-01
Early and long bloom period.

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Location: My garden zone 5
Date: 2018-05-20

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Location: Tuttle Marsh Wild Life Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 7-2004

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-07-05

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Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-06-06

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Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-05-17

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Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House grounds)
Date: May 13, 2022
Oxeye Daisy #163; RAB page 1183, 179-82-1, formerly Chrysanthemum

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Location: Mount Healthy, Ohio
Date: Summer of 2012
"Oxeye" daisy.

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Location: Southern Pines, NC (Campbell House grounds)
Date: May 13, 2022
Oxeye Daisy (with Margined Leatherwing Beetle-Chauliognathus mar

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Location: Taken in Lake in the Hills, IL.
Date: 2017-06-18
These are wild daisies taken on a hike through the preserve off o

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Location: Mason, New Hampshire (zone 5b)
Date: May 2012

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Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2013-06-05

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-07-04

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Location: Tuttle Marsh Wild Life Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2000-05-28

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Location: Tuttle Marsh Wild Life Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2014-07-10

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Location: Munising area, UP of MI
Date: 2017-07-08
Growing along side of the rode

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Location: Medina Co., Texas
Date: April 2009
Oxeye Daisy

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Location: Central Texas
Date: 2016-04-11
This is one of my favorite ground covers. It is wonderful for hil

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Location: Katmai National Park, Alaska
Date: 2019-07-13

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Location: Lake Louise, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-07-31

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Location: Sao Laurenco - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-12

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Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Date: 1998
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). Wild plants in natural habita

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Comments:

Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Mar 8, 2013 7:20 AM concerning plant:

Native in my area.

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Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Sep 19, 2016 10:12 PM concerning plant:

National flower of Latvia.

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Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Jun 5, 2013 8:46 PM concerning plant:

This is an introduced perennial, native to Europe and Asia. Considered a noxious weed in several states.
I have this plant in my garden and find this classic daisy a good bloomer that provides almost endless cut flowers for a small arrangement.
It blooms earlier than all the other garden daisies.
The almost lacy leaves leave air and visibility for the other perennials nearby. (Not a space hog.)

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Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 22, 2020 4:11 PM concerning plant:

The genus name means "golden flower".

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Leucanthemum Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

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Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)