There are a huge number of species (2000) of only large daisies. Many people are used to presenting them with white flowers with a yellow middle. And this is not entirely true.
Many grow daisies in the garden. Their species are limited to two or three. However, among the above number of species, there are many diverse shades of daisies, similar in structure and reproduction, similar in planting and care. For many, they may seem far from the usual colors. But these are the real camomiles.
Chamomile: types
About 40 species of daisies are common in Eurasia, in the Americas. In Russian latitudes, quite often you can see a chamomile pharmacy and odorous. The same name has certain types of feverfew, nyvnyak, navel and chamomile (odorless chamomile).
Almost everywhere you can find odorless chamomile, completely odorless. Pharmacy chamomile is very similar to it. However, they have differences.
Among the flowers growing in nature, there are annual and perennial daisies. Their types are the most diverse. Consider the most interesting of the types of daisies common in many countries.
Echinacea purpurea, which has bright petals surrounded by a yellow-brown conical center, is one of the most growth species. The flower stalk is decorated with white hairs and dark green leaves. This flower is interesting in that its central cone is actually tiny flowers, and the bright petals are leaves. Wild Echinacea grows in abundance in eastern North America.
Gerberas, in comparison with other types of daisies, are very fragile and rather capricious plants. Due to their diversity, they look great in flower beds and bouquets. This type of daisy comes from Madagascar, South Africa and Asia.
Popular chrysanthemum large-flowered, in comparison with other species, does not occur in the wild. This species is a hybrid daisy created by Luther Burbank in California, so the Americans themselves usually call it Shasta daisy.
Chamomile officinalis
There is medicinal chamomile in nature . Types of pharmacy chamomiles differ from ordinary chamomiles. Pharmacy chamomile has good medicinal properties. This is a herbaceous annual plant, whose height is 40 cm. In chamomile, the rod has a slightly branched root system. Stem highly branched bare, alternate sessile leaves, twice dissected into pointed lobes.
Pharmacy chamomile (all species) has a pleasant smell and a bitter taste. This plant is unpretentious and does not require maintenance, therefore it is distributed in the wild.
Differences of medicinal chamomile from odorless
White flowers of a pharmaceutical chamomile coming out of a flower basket are two times shorter than that of an ordinary odorless one. The leaves of the pharmacy are different in that they are pinnate. Exactly the same leaves of another chamomile - odorous. Only white flowers with long tongues, like odorless, this flower is missing.
The smell of odorous chamomile, like the medicinal one, is also quite strong. Both of them have valuable medicinal properties. Medicinal chamomiles - annual flowers. If you collect all the daisies in one place before their seeds ripen, then next year there may not be daisies in that place. Chamomile odorless, unlike medicinal species, the plant is perennial.
Types of Yellow Daisies
Voronika (or roe) is an unusual yellow daisy. There are two types of these flowers. These are the Doronikums - eastern and plantain. They differ mainly in the height of peduncles and the diameter of the flowers themselves.
The first species has erect, completely unbranched stems up to 50 cm high. At the end of the stem is a single yellow basket (chamomile), whose diameter is about 8 cm.
And plantain doronicum has stems even up to 1.5 meters high; the flower itself has a diameter of 10-12 cm.
These types of daisies bloom from mid-May to mid-June (depending on the region). This flower does not form seeds, they propagate only by dividing the bushes, so the stems are cut off after flowering.
Looks great in flower beds from late spring to early summer yellow doronicum (chamomile). The types of this chamomile need to be planted in the background of the flower garden, as they bloom early and then lose their decorative effect. Yes, and among themselves (due to different heights) they should be distributed according to their growth in the flowerbed.
Almost all types of daisies look great in single and group plantings on flower beds, and they look especially impressive on a green lawn.