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The flower is white, small, similar to chamomile. Daisy-like flowers in your garden - photos, names. Why is the greatest daisy confused with chamomile

Such a flower as chamomile is known to everyone. There are many of its "cultivated" varieties, and this plant can also be found in the wild.

Chamomile is easy to recognize by medium-sized flowers with white petals and a yellow center, as well as by small, dissected leaves. The scientific name of this crop is Matricaria, and it is grown in both group and single plantings.

Chamomile flowers are common throughout the country, and everyone can easily recognize them.

Since this plant has the most uncomplicated appearance, it is often confused with others. Indeed, there are a lot of flowers similar to chamomile. Most of them are its distant or near "relatives", for example, species such as "yellow chamomile" or "blue chamomile".

On a note. Daisy-like flowers are gerbera, echinacea, gazania, arctotis. The listed varieties have the greatest similarity with it, however, there are other plants that are often confused with this culture. Below are the most common ones.

19 types of flowers similar to chamomile: a brief description and photos of flowers

Often people who see garden flowers that look like daisies, only multi-colored, ask what these plantings are called. You can find the answer by studying the description of the following crops that resemble this plant:

Anacyclus (anacilus)

This flower is really incredibly similar to chamomile, and it is easy to confuse them. The variety has more than 10 subspecies, which can be both annual and perennial. This plant has white flowers, about 5 cm in diameter, and their petals are pink below, which is its main visual difference from chamomile.

Most often, the culture is a low creeping bushes with strong pedicels. Like many representatives of the Aster family, Anacyclus respond to lighting. Their flowers open at dawn, and after sunset, the petals close again.

This culture is considered tall, its stems sometimes reach 130 cm. But if such a flower grows in adverse conditions, the height of the bush may not exceed 25 cm. In turn, arctotis is divided into two main subspecies, stehasolist and hybrid.

A characteristic feature of both types are unusual flowers, the petals of which can be colored red or bronze at the base, gradually turning into a yellowish tint. However, you can admire this magnificence only on a sunny day, while in cloudy weather the flowers will not open.

This is a yellow flower, similar to chamomile, with a brown or burgundy core and up to 10 cm in diameter, the stems of which are 70-80 cm long. Such a culture can rarely be found in a flower bed, most often it is grown in pots and flowerpots. The flowering period of Venidium lasts from the end of July until the start of frost.

It should be noted that there are varieties of this plant, the petals of which are painted in white, pink or orange.

This culture is distinguished by a variety of colors, the petals can be lemon, cream, lilac, red, orange and others. And also there are subspecies where one shade smoothly passes into another.

In nature, there are more than 40 varieties of gazania, which are resistant to frost and drought, and, having begun to bloom at the end of May, delight the eye with their beauty until frost. Low, from 30 to 40 cm in length, bushes are grown not only in open ground, but also in pots or boxes.

Helichrysum daisyflowering

Another relative of chamomile, which can be recognized by its gray leaves and stems, as well as white flowers. The height of the bush reaches no more than 10 cm, but at the same time it is quite wide, and the planting diameter is 45-50 cm. The flowering period of this crop lasts from June to August. It is both annual and perennial.

The most popular of the helichrysums are such subspecies as bracts, helmet-shaped and awl-leaved. More exotic varieties include milford, coral and selago.

These large daisy-like flowers belong to the Astrov family. Gerberas are unique in that they can be given to anyone, since the smell and pollen are not capable of causing allergies or headaches. This is a light-loving culture, the petals of which can be tubular, pointed or curly.

To date, there are about a hundred varieties of this plant, striking in a variety of colors. Gerbera petals can be dyed any color except blue.

Doronicum (goat)

This is a perennial plant with triangular leaves of a rich emerald green hue. The height of the bush, depending on the variety, ranges from 30 cm to 1 m. The yellow-orange doronicum flower can reach a diameter of 6-10 cm, and after cutting it retains its original appearance for a long time.

For this reason, the culture is often used in bouquets in combination with other flowers.

Calendula (marigold)

This plant is also popular and unpretentious in care, like chamomile, and is very popular among flower growers. Culture belongs to the Astrov family, and is rightfully considered one of its most common representatives. There are undersized varieties of calendula, the length of the stems of which ranges from 20 to 30 cm, as well as tall ones, with a bush height of 60-65 cm.

The flowers of the plant are medium-sized, the petals are painted in bright orange. The advantage of marigolds is that they are able to actively reproduce by self-sowing, and if measures are not taken in time, they can quickly spread throughout the backyard.

This is a white, bright crimson, orange, lilac, yellow, red or pink flower that looks like a camomile. Its buds can be of various shapes, and the bush is usually low. Flowering of daisies begins in early spring and continues until the first frost.

Despite the fact that the plantings outwardly seem fragile and delicate, they are quite hardy and not capricious in care. Such a culture will look great both in single plantings and in the neighborhood with other plants.

A complete overview of Daisy's flowers.

Another name for this perennial culture is garden chamomile. This flower belongs to the Astrov family and is widely distributed among gardeners. It is unpretentious in care, undemanding to the composition of the soil and resistant to frost and drought. Depending on the variety, the length of the stems is different, and in some cases reaches 120 cm.

It is noteworthy that cornflower blooms twice a year, first in May or June, and then in August or September. Inflorescences have white petals, a yellow center and reach a diameter of 10 cm.

This culture is also known as the Cape or African daisy. When growing such a plant, it is better to choose open, well-heated areas of the sun. But with all its love for warmth, osteospermum does not lose its decorative qualities even in regions where gloomy and rainy days are not uncommon.

Such a culture can be both annual and perennial, the length of the stems ranges from 25 cm to 1 m, and the diameter of the inflorescence is 4-10 cm. The petals can be white, red or purple.

In shape, these flowers resemble an ordinary chamomile, but at the same time their petals are painted in golden hues, and the foliage has a more saturated color. A characteristic feature of Ursinia is that the inner side of the inflorescences is always lighter than the back, and if the inside of the petals is painted in yellow or terracotta tones, then the outside will be brown-purple.

Such a perennial plant with a height of 30 to 60 cm and inflorescences with a diameter of 5-6 cm is resistant to cold and adverse conditions and can bloom until the onset of frost.

This plant needs a lot of moisture and grows well in full sun. The culture can be annual or perennial, while the height of the bush and the diameter of the inflorescences can vary significantly depending on the variety. There are cases when the length of the stems reached 160 cm.

The petals of such flowers can be painted in cream, purple, yellow, scarlet, purple or lilac. Chrysanthemum looks great and retains freshness for a long time after being cut, due to which it is actively used in the preparation of bouquets.

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Science knows only 10 species of this culture, the most common of which is Echinacea purpurea. But, despite such a “speaking” name, the flowers of this variety can be not only of this shade, but also red, cream or yellow. As a rule, they have a convex center and petals slightly lowered downwards.

Echinacea stem height can reach 140 cm depending on the species. The plant propagates both by seed and vegetatively, and its flowering period lasts from July to September.

This list shows the most common varieties of flowers that look like chamomile. In fact, there are many more cultures that have an external resemblance to this plant.

Chamomile is probably one of the most common garden flowers in our country. Its uncomplicated yellow center and white petals-rays are pleasant and pleasing to the eye. Who in childhood did not guess on a field chamomile, pinching off the petals and saying "loves, does not love." In nature, there are also flowers similar to daisies and, passing by a flower bed, you can sometimes confuse them.

May garden decorations

Plants that bloom like daisies are quite popular in our country. Having a sun-like flower shape and a multi-colored, mostly yellow center, such garden guests bloom from late spring to even the late autumn months. Pink, blue, orange, purple, whatever colors nature has painted them.

If chamomile begins to bloom in mid-June, then its family neighbors - and they all belong to the Astrovs - bloom at different times of summer and autumn. The most popular chamomile-like flowers among gardeners and summer residents, blooming at the end of May are:​

  • anacilus;
  • doronicum;
  • daisy.

An undersized anacilus or saliva, a flower that is very easy to confuse with a sophisticated guest of the garden, chamomile. The plant is both annual and perennial, and blooms from late spring to mid-July. Anacilus or Anacyclus is mainly found with white buds, but it can also be orange and multi-colored on the outside of the petals.

Doronicum, goat or yellow daisies, as it is also called by the people, begins to bloom from the beginning of May. Depending on the conditions, it can grow from 20 to 120 cm. It likes shady places and, when cut, stays in a vase with water for a long time. It is a native of the mountain ranges of Europe and Asia.

A small and fragile daisy with rather small flowers can also be mistaken for a young daisy. A delicate plant pleases gardeners with its flowering from late spring to late June.

The color of the flowers is different, ranging from white with yellow centers and blue, ending with rich burgundy and bright pink. The petals of a daisy are basically like sharp tubules.

June brothers daisies

In June, the next galaxy of flowers resembling multi-colored daisies blooms. What are the names of the representatives of these Astrovs is also easy to recognize and The following “false mascots” can be attributed to them:

Gatsania is also called African chamomile, this plant is very reminiscent of the Russian beauty of fields and gardens. The flower got its name from the medieval priest Theodor von Gaza, who was interested in biology and studied various plants. African chamomile came to Europe in the 17th century and continues to be popular with gardeners to this day.

If from a distance you can easily confuse gazania with some outlandish chamomile, then close to understand that you have an African representative of the Astrovs in front of you is very simple. Its center is surrounded by a dark rim in light colors and a colored rim in variegated ones.

The gerbera is another daisy-like flower that is more commonly found in flower bouquets than in home gardens. The colored buds of the plant delight with their flowering outdoors until mid-August.

Gerbera grows up to 70 cm, and first came to Europe from Africa, and was first described by the Dutch botanist Jan Gronovius in 1787. The flower got its unusual name in honor of the German botanist Traugott Gerber.

Parisian beauty or coreopsis, as the bright orange guest of blooming flower beds is called. The middle of the flower is usually in tone with the petals of the bud or maroon or even brown. Such large daisies, as they are already known scientifically, are popularly called “flowers of the sun” for their sunny color.

The plant is very unpretentious and calmly endures the winter cold. A beautiful and in its own way elegant flower has both annual and perennial species. In height, the Parisian beauty reaches from 30 to 100 cm. Also, depending on the species, there is a coreopsis and a pink color.

From leucanthemum to ursinia

Nivyanik, as flowers similar to daisies are also called, also belongs to the Astrov family and is one of the varieties of the delicate beauty of the fields. Translated from ancient Greek, the name of this plant is translated as "white flower". In height, such a white handsome man can reach 75 cm.

This flower cannot be called a foreigner, since it has long been found in Asian and European territories. Most of the representatives of this type of meadow chamomile, as the people call leucanthemum, belongs to perennial plants and tolerates frosts and winter cold well.

Such a medicinal plant as marigold or calendula is also often unknowingly called chamomile. The plant is found in flower beds or in front gardens quite often and attracts attention with its pleasant orange color.

Calendula loves light and is quite picky about soil moisture. The plant reproduces by self-sowing and reaches a height, depending on the variety, of 65 cm. Calendula flowers are used for medicinal purposes.

The feverfew that blooms in June can also be easily confused with chamomile. In addition to the white color of the petals, there is also a pink color in its arsenal. Quite large flowers on high thin legs look beautiful in gardens and on house lawns.

Feverfew can grow up to 70 cm in height, and one of its valuable qualities is that it repels ticks in the growth zone. From the ancient Greek, the name of a flower similar to chamomile is translated as "fever" or "heat". Feverfew was first discovered in 1772 by a German botanist.

Bright orange Ursinia arrived in European territories from the distant African continent. The flower begins to bloom in June and tends to well-lit places. The large flowers of this plant delight the eye of gardeners all summer, but the plant is an annual, so it will have to be planted again next year.

Ursinia reaches a height of 60 cm and has a sunny, pink or white petal color, and a dark rim in the middle. In our strip, the dill-like type of this beautiful flower is especially widespread.

July colors

Summer for many plants is the heyday. In the middle of summer, in the hot month of July, such chamomile-like flowers bloom as:

  • arctotis;
  • venidium;
  • kosmeya;
  • erigeron;
  • echinacea.

Arktotis, gabris, bear's ear, as soon as this bright representative of the Astrov family is not called. Blooming in July, the flower, represented by a large range of bright colors, pleases gardeners with its originality. Also, gabris outwardly has a similarity with multi-colored gerberas.

In our country, the bear's ear is most often found in a perennial variety. The height of these flowers can reach 100 cm. The flower has been known to man for more than 200 years, and during this time the admirers of its beauty have not diminished. And its green leaves really resemble the ears of a bear that lurks in the tall grass.

It resembles an alien flower, very similar to the earthly chamomile, venidium. The birthplace of this multi-colored foreigner is hot Africa, and its most popular variety in the world is the lush venidium. The flowers of the African guest of domestic gardens range from white to deep purple.

Venidium will be an excellent solution for those who rarely visit the country, but really want to decorate their site with bright and original plants. The flower calmly tolerates a long lack of watering and can reach a height of 60 cm, while creating a beautiful colored carpet.

Tall graceful flowering plants with dill-like leaves are often found in the summer garden. These bright and delicate flowers, like daisies, are only multi-colored, as they are called by the people, it is not completely known, and their scientific name is kosmeya. The Mexican aster, as the plant is also called, loves sunny open areas and, under favorable conditions, grows up to 80 cm.

The Mexican aster pleases gardeners with its diversity and sophistication until September. Despite all its tenderness, quite often kosmeya is found quietly growing near a dusty road or near a landfill.

The multi-colored erigeron or small-flowered, outwardly resembling both chamomile and daisy, is also thoroughly rooted in the garden plots of fellow citizens of our country. A bright flower with airy inflorescences came to Europe from the American continent.

Depending on the variety chosen, the height of the bush varies from 15 to 65 cm, and the color of the petals can be from pale white to lilac and burgundy-pink. If a small-flowered flower is cut off as soon as it fully opens, it will stand for a long time in a bouquet in a vase of water.

A useful and beautiful flower, often found in flowerbeds, is echinacea. From a distance, it can be confused with chamomile, as the petals of the inflorescence are lowered down and a tubercle of a soft yellow center stands out sharply upwards. However, upon closer examination, this guest of the gardens can still be distinguished from the snow-white queen of the fields.

Echinacea arrived in our country from America and took root well in the European climate. The plant is tall and can reach 150 cm. Echinacea petals are often colored in white, yellow, orange and pink.

August variety

Pleases lovers of flowers of the Astrov family and the last month of summer. In August, such guests of flower beds and front gardens bloom, reminiscent of daisies, like:

  • aster;
  • osteospermum;
  • decorative sunflower;
  • chrysanthemum.

The people call the aster the harbinger of autumn, and it often with its flowering marks the imminent end of summer. In the territories of our country, these flowers are mainly found in white, pink and purple tones. Outwardly, the aster also resembles a chamomile and has a yellow center and elongated thin, densely planted petals.

Astra can be called a native inhabitant of these latitudes, since she comes from Eurasia. Translated from ancient Greek, the name of the flower means "star" and it really resembles with its long petals the rays of distant stars in the night sky. However, scientists insist on the correct name of this bright flower, but it sounds like Chinese Callistefus.

Osteospermum and sunflower

An African flower with an unusual name for our ear, osteospermum, can probably be called a champion in the number of available names. Whatever they call it: both African chamomile and Cape daisy. In our latitudes, there are both annual and perennial representatives of this bright lover of bad weather.

Osteospermum has a bright color of buds, and its curious feature is a kind of love for the cold. It is known that a sharp decrease in temperature stimulates the active flowering of this unique brother of chamomile. At the moment of blooming the petals, the African chamomile resembles an extraterrestrial plant brought from somewhere from Mars.

Often confused with chamomile and ornamental sunflower varieties. If the usual fodder variety of this yellow sun hunter reaches a height of almost 200 cm and has characteristic differences from the white beauty of the fields, then its artificially bred brothers are much lower. Decorative sunflower can reach a height of no more than 20 cm and have a variety of colors from pale golden to orange-red.

Queen of Japan

Another bright chrysanthemum is a herald of the approaching autumn cold. The bushes of the plant are mostly perennial and grow well in bright areas. Chrysanthemum flowers really outwardly also look like chamomile, and in the variety of color palette it has no equal.

This representative of the Astrov family has a pleasant delicate aroma and pleases with its flowering right up to the first snow. The owner of pointed petals gained special reverence in Japan, and in China it is often used in folk medicine.

Having figured out the names of flowers that look like daisies and what they look like, you can safely choose garden beauties before the start of the summer season. Due to the similarity with the white queen of the fields, the plants are easily combined in garden compositions, and knowing the period of their flowering, you can create an unfading lawn on the site.















Among garden flowers there are a lot of types similar to daisies. It is very difficult for an inexperienced grower to understand their diversity. Below we will look at the most common of them.

Gerbera

- a perennial plant from the Compositae family. Valued for long flowering and high decorative effect. Flowers with good care reach a size of 16 cm. They are also widely used for cutting.

There are many varieties of this plant, differing in the size and shape of the inflorescences. In recent years, even terry forms have been bred.

The color range of gerberas is very diverse. The color of the reed corollas can be very diverse. There are varieties with white, red and orange petals.

Care

Caring for a gerbera is not particularly difficult. Below are its main requirements:

  1. Lots of sunshine, light shade needed during midday hours.
  2. Frequent but moderate watering.
  3. Soils must be chosen with a slightly acidic reaction.
  4. Faded inflorescences must be removed periodically. This stimulates the emergence of new ones.
  5. During the period of intensive growth, complex mineral fertilizer is required.

Attention! When watering the gerbera, it is imperative to ensure that water does not accumulate in the center of the leaf outlet, as this will lead to rotting of the leaves and death of the entire plant.

yellow chamomile


Doronicum

The scientific name for yellow chamomile is doronicum. It comes from the aster family. Doronicum with strong stems that are very resistant to lodging. Their height, depending on the variety, can be from 25 to 70 cm. The lower leaves are collected in a rosette.

Doronicum inflorescences are baskets of rich yellow color. Their size can reach 10 cm. This plant blooms in spring for 1.5 months, in the shade a little longer.

Care

Doronicum is an unpretentious plant. But for full development, you need to follow a number of simple rules for caring for it:

  1. It is best planted in sunny areas, although it can thrive in more shady areas.
  2. The soil should be loose, without stagnant moisture.
  3. In dry and hot weather, watering is required.
  4. In winters with little snow, additional shelter may be required.

Attention! The root system of doronicum is superficial, so it is not recommended to loosen with this plant.

Arctotis


Arctotis

Arctotis is a member of the Compositae family. It has massive stems, which, like the leaves, are covered with silvery pubescence, which gives it an additional decorative effect. The flowering period lasts from June until frost.

Flowers can be white, orange, red. Their diameter reaches a size of 10 cm. In rainy or cloudy weather, they close.

Care

Arctotis, like any other crop, for successful growth requires compliance with the rules of cultivation:

  1. Watering is minimal, only in very strong heat. It is a drought tolerant species.
  2. For better tillering, pinching is necessary.
  3. Faded inflorescences must be periodically removed, which, in turn, stimulates the emergence of new flowers.

Interesting! Arctotis can be grown as a perennial. To do this, the bushes dug out in the fall are transplanted into pots and brought into the house. Where they successfully winter until spring.

Chrysanthemum


chrysanthemums

Chamomile or, in other words, dendrantema. It is characterized by simple inflorescences in the form of a camomile. The number of rows of petals, depending on the variety, can reach from 1 to 4. Flowering occurs in the year of planting. Differs in very fast growth and unpretentiousness. The height of the bushes reaches 1 m.

According to the flowering period can be divided into early, middle and late. The duration depends on the weather and variety, but on average it is 25-30 days.

Care

In order for the chamomile chrysanthemum to please with abundant flowering, a number of conditions must be met:

  1. The location is better to choose sunny, protected from the winds.
  2. Watering should be regular and always under the root.
  3. With a frequency of once every 3 years, overgrown bushes will have to be transplanted.
  4. In cold, snowless winters, the chrysanthemum will have to be covered.

Interesting! Subject to the rules of cultivation on one bush, up to 50 flowers can open simultaneously.

Gazania


- a bright representative of the aster family. The plant of this species is of small height, its leaves are collected in a basal rosette. From below, the leaf blades are covered with silvery pubescence, which protects the gazania from the cold and helps prevent moisture loss during the heat.

The flowering period lasts from June until frost. All this time, flower stalks constantly appear from the middle of the outlet.

Gazania inflorescences are baskets with petals of bright unusual colorings. They can be either plain or striped.

Care

For successful growth, development and abundant flowering, you must follow the rules for growing gazania:

  1. The location is sunny.
  2. Watering requires moderate. Prolonged waterlogging is detrimental.
  3. The soil should be light and fertile with good drainage.
  4. During the season it is necessary to fertilize with fertilizers.

Nivyanik


Nivyanik or chamomile garden- a widespread representative of the aster family. It is a perennial plant with erect stems, the height of which, depending on the variety, can reach 1.2 m.

Flowering takes place in 2 terms. The first time in May-June, the second at the end of summer. Flower baskets can reach a size of 10 cm. Cut flowers last up to 10 days.

Care

For successful growth, it requires compliance with some subtleties in growing:

  1. The location should be sunny and open.
  2. The soil is light and nutritious; sandy and clay soils are not at all suitable.
  3. Watering is moderate. Excess moisture will lead to an outbreak of fungal diseases.

Attention! To stimulate the re-blooming of the cornflower, it is necessary to remove faded flower stalks.

Pyrethrum


Feverfew hybrid

Feverfew, aka persian chamomile, - a plant from the Compositae family. Its height can reach 70 cm. The stem of the Persian chamomile is straight with pinnately dissected leaves. It is a herbaceous perennial.

Basket flowers with pink petals and a yellow center. The flowering period occurs in mid-summer and, under favorable conditions, can last up to 2 months.

Care

Feverfew does not require any special care. The main thing is to comply with the following conditions:

  1. The site is suitable for both light and light partial shade.
  2. The soil is loose, especially with good drainage, otherwise the plant will freeze.
  3. Watering is moderate, only during a prolonged drought.
  4. Plants periodically need to be divided and seated. This approach will avoid degeneration.

Interesting! Feverfew contains a special substance pyrethrin, which is very poisonous to insects.

Erigeron

Erigeron

Erigeron or small-petal refers to perennials from the Asteraceae family. Its spherical bushes, consisting of a huge number of branched shoots, can reach a height of 60 cm. The leaves are lanceolate on the bush and more rounded at the base.

Baskets of flowers can be located both singly and in several pieces. Flowers can be pink, yellow, or various shades of purple. Flowering begins in early summer and continues until late autumn.

Care

Erigeron does not require close attention and care. It is enough to comply with the following conditions:

  1. The soil must be alkaline, without stagnant water.
  2. The site is chosen sunny and well ventilated.
  3. Overgrown specimens must be tied up.

Among the variety of garden flowers, chamomile occupy a leading position. They fit perfectly into flower beds of various types. And subject to the elementary rules of agricultural technology, they will certainly thank with abundant and long flowering.

Cultivation, reproduction, photo.

Chamomile red - pyrethrum red (and there is also pink chamomile). A very favorite plant for flower growers. Originally from the Caucasus, but this does not prevent him from feeling great in flower beds of other climatic zones. To bloom every year, feverfew does not require much attention. For two centuries after its introduction into culture, it managed to adapt even to the heat.

Garden forms and varieties derived from a wild species are called hybrid feverfew. Among them you can find pyrethrums with double pink, dark red and even white flowers.

Chamomile red is a perennial rhizomatous plant with dissected pinnate leaves and single flower baskets on long peduncles. Inflorescences-baskets up to 8 cm in diameter with yellow tubular and pink, dark pink, red, dark red, less often white reed flowers. Feverfew blooms in late spring and, if the weather is not hot, can bloom for several weeks.

A place for feverfew is chosen well-lit or slightly shaded. It will grow in the shade, but will stretch. It is not demanding on soils, but clay soils must be improved before planting: add river sand, compost. On heavy soils, especially in low places flooded in spring or during winter thaws, feverfew does not live long. Not suitable for pyrethrum and poor sandy soils. But on fertile ones, it feels great, looks spectacular during the flowering period. Often it is not necessary to water and fertilize feverfew: in nature, he is accustomed to Spartan conditions. Not only is it not necessary to cover for the winter, but it is contraindicated: under cover, the rhizome can rot.

Red chamomile behaves intelligently in the flower garden: it rarely gives self-sowing, the rhizome does not grow much. This, on the one hand, pleases, and on the other hand, makes you think that the plant does not disappear from the flower garden. If there is a need to transplant an adult pyrethrum plant, this can be done in spring, summer, and autumn. It is only important to dig so that the earth from the roots does not crumble.


Chamomile red reproduction

Red chamomile propagates by dividing the bush, root and green cuttings, seeds. The bushes are divided once every four years. It is better to do this not in spring, but in early autumn, when it is no longer very hot, but there is still time for the plant to take root well before the onset of cold weather. Planted delenki through 30-45 cm from each other (depending on the compactness of the variety). Water regularly. Root and stem cuttings can be rooted all summer long if conditions are kept moist and not too hot.

It is easy to grow feverfew from seeds. If there are few of them in the purchased bag, it is better to sow in March-April on the windowsill or under the film on the arcs in the garden. Pyrethrum seeds do not require stratification and germinate rather quickly if favorable conditions are created for them (temperature is about 20 degrees). True, the germination of seeds is low - about half will sprout. Therefore, you can sow thicker, and then pick seedlings. Pyrethrum seedlings are planted in open ground in May - after preliminary hardening. Planted plants shade from the bright sun for several days.


Didn't have time to grow seedlings? Sow feverfew immediately in the garden. If you make sure that the soil is moist all the time before germination, the seeds will sprout well. In the first year, a rosette of leaves is formed. And next year you will see a flowering feverfew in your garden. With good care, it can bloom in the year of sowing.

Feverfew will decorate any flower garden. But they are especially spectacular next to the common daisy (they bloom at the same time). Just make sure that the leucanthemum, which gives abundant self-seeding, does not survive feverfew over time. As neighbors to these two plants, one can define the oriental poppy, the peach-leaved bell.

Feverfew is an insecticidal plant: it contains substances that kill harmful insects. They are not dangerous for humans and animals.

One of the first flowers we recognized in childhood in the vast world of plants is chamomile. Petals framing the round core are the plot of children's drawings and help for girlish fortune-telling. The many daisy-like flowers are just as cute and charming, easy to care for, and look harmonious when combined with other crops or solo. Information about them will help to diversify the flower landscape of personal plots, the design of flower beds and the appearance of balconies and window sills, and choose the best options for a bouquet.

External signs of daisies

White petals and a yellow center of the flower are signs that unite different plants. The genus of daisies - perennials from the Astrov family - includes more than 20 species of herbs that bloom in the first year of life. Its representatives are plants that are low, herbaceous, with pinnately dissected leaves (each consists of a large number of thin lobes).

The diameter of the hemispherical or conical baskets of inflorescences, combined into a common corymbose inflorescence, varies in different species from tiny daisies 2 cm in diameter to huge 20 cm. Baskets consist of two types of petals: bisexual tubular yellow in the middle and pistillate false-colored white ones along the edges.

In addition to cultivated varieties of this wonderful flower, there are cultures that look similar to it. They also bloom in the summer months, and therefore it is not surprising to confuse them - if the petals are white and the middle is yellow, what is it if not chamomile? Many of the names are known only to flower growers: Anacilus and doronicum, leucanthemum and helichrysum daisy-flowered, daisies and pyrethrum.

An error in identifying a plant can be significant if, for example, instead of pharmacy chamomile, users of traditional medicine recipes use wild field chamomile.

And there are many more flowers that are similar in shape, but have a variety of colors. The names and photos of some daisy-like flowers below, along with descriptions, will help you better navigate the beautiful, fragrant flower world and be able to choose the right varieties.

Nivyanik

This flower looks like a chamomile more than others, almost its "twin" of a large size. No wonder the people call it large or giant chamomile. It can be difficult for a non-specialist to find differences in their inflorescences. Confusion is also introduced by the fact that this plant is also found under the name daisy daisy.

The genus is small - it includes no more than 20 plant species, but has taken root on all continents except Africa and Antarctica. One of the most popular, in demand in flower shops, is the Greatest cornflower. Its hybrids reach a meter height. Even higher - beautiful terry varieties with an unusual shape of petals.

Echinacea

What colors the breeders of this plant do not offer us: white and orange, pale pink and raspberry, greenish and yellow. The middle parts are hemispherical and sometimes stand out strongly against the background of the petals. Echinacea, unlike chamomile, grows slowly, but their life span is longer.

Echinacea purple has long been used in folk medicine as a broad-spectrum medicinal plant: "lilac daisies" are used to prepare antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic and antifungal agents.

Rudbeckia

Tall, large-daisy-like flowers with dark brown stamens and a few yellow petals, very common in household plots, are called rudbeckia. Its attractive feature for gardeners is later, in the second half of August and September, flowering. A tall, strong plant, strewn with large flowers, becomes the decoration of an autumn flower bed.

The height of rudbeckia, depending on the variety, varies from half a meter to two, and the size of the flowers, respectively, from 9-10 to 12 cm. The petals are usually painted in one color, more often yellow, but sometimes pink, cream, orange and even brown-scarlet. Sometimes they have a double color, when a tone that is darker and more saturated at the base becomes much lighter at the ends. In total, about forty varieties and hybrids of the culture have been bred.

This perennial will feel comfortable in one place for five years, and it is completely unpretentious in care.

kosmeya

This annual grass is very popular in the garden plots of the middle zone of our country due to its "independence" - it propagates by self-sowing, it does not require care as such. The most popular representative of this species is double-pinnate cosmea. Its multi-colored flowers with delicate pink, purple, lilac petals on thin stems seem fragile and delicate.

Bright shades of orange kosmeya is called sulfur yellow. From afar, its multiplied plantings are sometimes mistaken for marigold bushes.

Chocolate cosmea (or black, blood-red) is a rare type of culture, the uniqueness of which is also in the delicate aroma of chocolate it exudes. It is not possible to grow this amazing variety on the site. It is one of the few cosmos sensitive to weather conditions.

Pyrethrum

In shape, the flowers of the plant are similar to daisies and daisies, and its white varieties are very easy to confuse with them. The color of pyrethrum - rich pink, raspberry, lilac, lilac, in addition to white and yellow - in combination with a large "button" - the core is its characteristic feature. Some species, for example, red and pink, are called so - Caucasian chamomile and Persian chamomile, respectively.

The stem of the plant reaches 60 cm in height. The leaves are pinnately dissected, bright green. Flower basket size - no more than 6 cm.

The culture is loved by flower growers for the brightness of colors and unpretentiousness. The plant is resistant to shading, but its high decorativeness can only be appreciated in sunny areas. It tolerates frosty winters well. In folk medicine, feverfew is used as a remedy for arthritis and headaches.

chrysanthemums

It is hard to imagine an autumn garden without this plant. The most popular species in the backyards of our country - the Korean chrysanthemum - does not look like chamomile. But some of its rare species - Indian, Arctic, autumn, and especially the Bacardi variety in flowering are easy to confuse with it. In addition to "chamomile" colors, chrysanthemum petals can have shades from yellow and pink to red and purple.

Chrysanthemum stands in the cut for a long time. Agrotechnics of cultivation provides for the choice of a sunny area and abundant watering without stagnant water.

Helichrysum daisyflowering

Few people know this plant, popular in our areas, under such a complex name, but as an immortelle or cumin, it is familiar to many. There are perennial and annual varieties of helichrysum. The culture was brought to Europe and Asia from Australia and southern Africa, but in our climate it blooms from early summer until frost. In the cut, it does not fade for a surprisingly long time.

One of the most famous immortelle - bract - upright plant up to 1 m high with narrow long pointed leaves. Cultivated as an annual. Inflorescences formed from dry and hard scales can be golden, pink and red, white, purple, orange, purple.

Coreopsis pink

Blooming profusely and for a long time from mid-summer to the first month of autumn, coreopsis have perfectly taken root in our area, having once been imported from North America. They are unpretentious in care, and frosts can withstand below 30ºC. After cutting, they do not lose their freshness in water for more than a week.

The height of the lush and sprawling bush of pink coreopsis is no more than 40 cm. The flowers are small - up to 2 cm in diameter, of different saturation of pink. In areas with fertile soil, coreopsis will give lush flowering for six years without a transplant.

Gerbera

The favorite of florists, a rare representative of flowers that do not cause allergies, is the beautiful gerbera. It not only looks good, spectacular in bouquet compositions, but you can also give these bright flowers without fear that instead of joy they will bring problems with exacerbation of allergic diseases. Another feature of the gerbera: it has all the colors except blue.

A plant from the Astrov genus originally grew in the southern regions of Africa and Asia, and therefore is demanding of heat and light. When organizing additional lighting as a pot culture, it will delight with bright flowering from summer to late autumn.

Felice

"Blue daisies" - this is how amateurs in floriculture describe these flowers. In fact, this is Felicia - a flower originally from South Africa. The agrotechnics of its cultivation in our latitudes is not simple, but with its blue and blue hues, it attracts an increasing number of people who want to admire flowers of such an interesting color on their site.

Felicia reaches a height of a quarter of a meter, but grows strongly in breadth. The plant tolerates drought and cooling without damage to flowering, but is sensitive to lack of light.

Anacyclus

A very beautiful flower, at the same time similar in structure to chamomile and having features that are characteristic only of him. The middle of the inflorescence is yellow, the upper side of the extreme reed flowers is white. This is where the similarity with chamomile ends: the underside of the petals is painted in a rich pink color, which looks very decorative and elegant.

The plant is small, rises above ground level by 10 centimeters, preferring to grow in breadth, as if creeping, scattering with radial rays. Against the background of low shoots, inflorescences on strong pedicels look large, although their size is about 5 cm. Anacyclus closes at night, and in cloudy weather may not open at all. But with the first rays of the sun, they open their petals.

The plant is used in folk medicine to treat toothache and as an aphrodisiac.

The world of flowers is diverse - each of them has charm and beauty. Knowledge of varieties, species, characteristics of flower crops helps to choose them in the best way, creating a composition that is pleasing to the eye or choosing your favorite ones, decorating the surrounding landscape or a window sill in the house.