Montanoa grandiflora

If ever there was a plant to herald the Fall, this is it. All Spring & Summer, this “Tree Daisy” grows big, lush & green, inhabiting a 10’ x 10’ space in the garden. When the light wanes & the weather cools, it pulls out the big guns & trumpets the shortened days with a prolific display of white daisies that smell deliciously of fresh-baked cupcakes. The flowers smother the whole bush till you can barely see the green anymore! This display continues for over a month, followed by lovely & bouquet-worthy chartreuse seed heads, which persist thru Winter. After bloom, it’s time to chop the plant back hard, so it can begin the cycle again in the Spring with fresh new growth. Regular water seems best & feeding is definitely encouraged if you want to keep this plant looking good. Said to be marginally frost hardy, but I’ve seen if growing where frost is a regular occurrence, so who knows??