Leucanthemum 'Lacreme' OOH LA™ LACREME

Dutch breeding company Florensis introduced a lovely Ooh La™ series of compact Shasta daisies, recognized by the first syllable La in variety name: LaGrande, LaCrosse, LaCréme, and LaSpider. The all offer compact plants with profuse flowering.

LaCreme is a large-flowered Shasta daisy with semi-double, pale banana-yellow to creamy-white flowers. The ray florets are arranged around large yellow central discs. Flowers excel in longevity and commonly appear from June for 5-6 weeks, and after a short break re-bloom to decorate your gardens and patios for late summer and early autumn. We suggest removing stems with spent flowers, feeding the plant, and waiting for new stems, flowers and healthy leaves to appear later in the season. Leaves are deep green and glossy, narrowly lance-shaped, distinctively serrated. LaCreme Shasta daisy makes dense clumps with about 30 cm tall stems.

Shasta daisy is widely soil adaptable provided the soil is evenly moist but well-drained. Just make sure the crown of plant is just above the soil level, never deeper. For best results we recommend growing it in humus-rich soil where the number of flowers and overall plant appearance will be better. It is commonly disease resistant but slugs become a problem when they find it since they love it - both flowers and foliage. Make sure they stay away from this beauty, otherwise they can eat the entire plant leaving bare stems in the bed. Fully hardy to about -34 °C (USDA zone 4).

Last update 26-09-2023