Four o'clocks, Mirabilis jalapa, reminiscent of old-fashioned flower borders, will grow quickly and vigorously in today's gardens. Shrub-like, reaching three feet or more in height, they can provide a seasonal low hedge, screen, temporary foundation planting, or cover for bare spots around the yard.

Single, tubular, highly fragrant blooms of red, white, yellow, pink, lavender or salmon dot the dark green foliage. The flowers open in late afternoon and remain open through the night. On dark and cloudy days look for them to open at any time.

These tender shrubs are mainly natives of Central and South America and New Zealand. They are great plants for greenhouses, window boxes, baskets, homes, and flower beds. In areas where Fuchsias are hardy enough to live outdoors they can grow into beautiful, tall shrubs and may be planted to form hedges. In less mild areas of North America, Fuchsias may be killed down in the winter, but in the spring, new shoots will push up from the base of the shrubs. In these places, Fuchsias should be planted in warm, sheltered spots in well-drained soil. The bases of the plants should be protected before cold weather sets in. These plants have dark green leaves often with red stems. The flowers, which are produced during the summer and early fall, are droopy and come in many colors such as red, white, pink, and purple. Some kinds of these plants grow up and some have weak stems so they are good in hanging baskets.

Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants, mostly shrubs, which were identified by Charles Plumier in the late 17th century, and named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566). The English vernacular name Fuchsia is the same as the scientific name.

There are about 100-110 species of Fuchsia. The great majority are native to South America, but with a few occurring north through Central America to Mexico, and also several on New Zealand and Tahiti. One species, Fuchsia magellanica, extends as far as the southern tip of South America on Tierra del Fuego in the cool temperate zone, but the majority are tropical or subtropical. Most fuchsias are shrubs from 0.2-4 m tall, but one New Zealand species, Kotukutuku (Fuchsia excorticata), is unusual in the genus in being a tree, growing up to 12-15 m tall.

The fruit is an small (5-25 mm) dark reddish green to red edible berry containing numerous very small seeds.

Dill is an annual herb, and is native to southern Europe.  It looks like a smaller version of its relative, Fennel.  It grows to 36 inches and has attractive, silver-green feathery leaves. The seed is sharp, and has a more pungent flavor than the leaves, which are mildly tangy. It is used to flavor vinegars and mustard-based sauces and dressings.  It also works with tomatoes, fish (especially Salmon), eggs, pickles (obviously), salads, and vegetables. 

In the garden, Dill makes a nice, feathery backdrop for other plants. It also makes a good companion plant for some other herbs and vegetables, and bees are attracted to its flowers.  Please see Companion Planting for further information.  When deciding on a location, remember that it self seeds readily and the chances are good that new plants will come up in the same location next year.  Seeds are best sown in the ground, as it transplants poorly.  It prefers a moderately rich, well drained soil and full sun.  Seeds can be harvested 2-3 weeks after the plant blossoms, and are a light brown color.  Fresh leaves can be picked before the plant flowers, and can also be dried, but fresh is preferable.  Stems can be frozen, snipped as needed, and then returned to the freezer.  

Harvest Dill seed when the seed heads become thoroughly brown.  A photograph of a cut stalk of ready-to-go seed is below.   Store in a breathable container, such as an envelope, at least for the first few weeks.  This ensures that the seeds are completely dry, after which they can be transferred to an airtight container without concern for mold.   

Parsley is one of the best known and most widely used herbs. It is actually a biennial, but is usually cultivated as an annual because the first year leaves have the best flavor. The crisp, tight foliage of the curly parsley is the most attractive variety to use fresh as a garnish, but the flat-leaved Italian parsley has a superior flavor when cooked. The curly variety grows 10 to 12 inches tall and the Italian about 18 inches, although a dwarf variety is available. In the second year, 2-foot-tall flower stalks appear, and their blossoms ripen into seeds. Seeds collected from second year plants and dried thoroughly will keep for two or three years.

Parsley leaves can be harvested as soon as the plant is 6 inches tall. Leaves can be refrigerated for use fresh, or they can be frozen. Both varieties of parsley can be grown indoors as pot plants on a sunny windowsill. The dark green foliage also looks nice planted among flowers. Outdoor plants can be potted in late summer and brought indoors to grow on a cool, sunny window sill, where they will produce fresh leaves for harvesting all winter. Dig deeply when potting your plants to get as much of the long taproot as possible.

These are hardy and tender annual and perennial herbs from Asia, North America, and South Africa. The name of these plants refers to the elasticity of the valves of the seedpods, which discharge the seeds when ripe. They are sometimes known as Touch-me-nots. These plants have thick stems and light green leaves. Their flowers come in a wide range of colors including rose, rose-red, rose-purple, white, pink, and salmon. A minimum winter temperature of 55 degrees is required. A beautiful tender kind to grow is I. Oliveri. This plant is the largest flowered of the Balsams. It will flower when 18 to 20 inches high in 6-inch pots. When they're moved into larger pots and fed with weak liquid fertilizer, this plant will grow 6 to 8 feet high. The pale lilac flowers are 2_ inches across. This plant flourishes in a cool greenhouse and may be placed outdoors in the summer. I. Balsamina, the common annual Balsam, is suitable for growing in pots in a cool greenhouse and for planting outside during the summer. Two strains of annual double-flowered Balsam are known as the Rose-flowered and Camellia-flowered, so named because of the shape of the flowers. The colors may be scarlet, red and salmon-pink, rose, cerise, mauve, purple, violet and white. Hardy Impatiens, such as Impatiens biflora (Jewelweed), are found wild over a wide range in eastern North America. It grows 3-4 feet high and has ovate, toothed leaves. Its yellow flowers are spotted with red. Self-sown seedlings may become a nuisance if they aren't controlled. An annual that is useful for naturalizing and that spreads by self-sown seeds is the Himalayan Impatiens Roylei. This plant grows 4 to 8 ft. high and produces white to purple flowers.

Scented geraniums provide heavenly aromas when grown either outdoors in your garden or indoors on your windowsill.

Originally from Africa, scented geraniums migrated to Holland and then England in the 1600s. Over the past three centuries, cultivation has resulted in more than 100 varieties in an assortment of shapes, flower colors and perfumes.

The flowers feature the five petals of the Pelargonium genus, but instead of being evenly spaced, as are bedding-plant geraniums, they are arranged with two upper petals and three lower. The shrub-like plants grow from 18 inches to 3 feet tall. Although they are perennials in Zones 8 and higher, scented geraniums are grown as annuals in Colorado.

Scented geraniums generally are categorized by aroma. They come in rose, mint, fruit, spice and other pungent fragrances. A popular rose-scented plant is 'Rober's Lemon Rose.' Its soft, gray-green, two-inch leaves are deeply lobed. The scent is a strong, lemony-rose and the flower color is medium pink.

Mint varieties include 'Joy Lucille' with red-marked pink flowers and 'Godfrey's Pride,' a large rambling plant with a pungent mint scent, lobed green leaves and pink flowers. Some of the fruit and spice varieties include 'Ginger,' 'Frensham Lemon,' 'Lime,' 'Grapefruit,' 'Nutmeg' and 'Old Spice.'

Varieties in the pungent group are 'Wildwood' with brownish purple markings on the leaves and rose-colored blossoms; and 'Citrosa' and 'Citronella,' the "mosquito repellant" plants.

Growing scented geraniums in Colorado is easy.

Outdoor plants must be dug up and brought into the house for winter. Do so before the first frost - when night temperatures are getting down to 45 degrees. Indoors, plants require about four hours of sunlight a day. Feed them only if they begin to look light green and keep them fairly dry. Some gardeners cut back the plants by one-third before bringing them in the house, and some simply prefer to take cuttings..

In addition to enjoying their smell, you will find many uses for scented geraniums. Try flavoring a sponge cake by layering the bottom of the cake pan with leaves. Use the leaves to flavor iced tea or to scent sugar for teas and baking. The leaves and flowers also work well in potpourris, sachets and wreaths.

When selecting scented geranium plants, remember to rub the leaves lightly between your fingers to get the full impact of the aroma. Scented geraniums are used for aromatherapy, unusual taste treats and for their visual charm.

Lantana, of the vervain family Verbenaceae, consists of more than 150 species of shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Lantanas are mostly natives of the Tropics and subtropics of the Americas but some are natives of warm parts of the Old World. Their name is an ancient one used for the quite unrelated genus Viburnum.

Wild lantanas are hairy and often prickly-stemmed. If rubbed and bruised, their leaves usually have a pungent odor. Verbena-like flowers are formed in clusters from the leaf axils or at the ends of branches. The small, berry-like fruits contain seeds. In some regions, Texas included, lantanas grow wild as weeds, chiefly spread by birds that are very fond of their juicy fruits. The species name for the native L. horrida, refers to the pungent odor of the crushed leaves.

European interest in the New World lantanas was first excited by their reputed medicinal virtues. Spanish colonists used the "camaras," as they called them, to make infusions to be taken as medicine and used in baths. In some places such infusions are still used medicinally. The plant is poisonous to cattle and sheep, though usually not browsed by them. A decoction of the leaves has been used in Mexico...as a tonic for the stomach. In Sinaloa, the plant is a favorite remedy for snake bites. A strong decoction of the leaves is taken internally and a poultice of crushed leaves is applied to the wound.

Not that long ago this was an all but forgotten flower growing tall, lanky and out of control. But new dwarf varieties have made pentas practical for the small gardens, border plantings and containers. You can also choose from a wide assortment of colors including pinks, reds, purples, whites and some bicolors.

Pentas like the full sun to lightly shaded locations. Also make sure you give them a planting site with a loose enriched soil. Set the plants in the ground at the same depth as they were growing in their containers. Give dwarf varieties an 18- to 24-inch spacing and full size selections a 24- to 36- inch spacing.

named for the five (Greek penta) floral parts; native to tropical Arabia, Africa and Madagascar; often seen as a greenhouse flowering potted plant or cut flower

Garden nasturtium is an attractive flowering plant that is commonly grown in Florida gardens as an ornamental. However, it may be included in gardens for use as a vegetable, since its leaves, flowers, and seed pods are edible. Nasturtium has other names such as Indian cress, Mexican cress, and Peruvian cress. There are two species. The most common, T. majus, is called large or tall nasturtium, and stortioner. The other is dwarf or bush nasturtium, T. minus L. These should not be confused with the genus Nasturtium, w Nasturtiums originated in South America and are grown worldwide. They do very well in Florida as a spring, summer, and fall annual. hich is watercress. The leaves are peppery flavored like watercress and are used in salads and as a garnish. Likewise, the colorful flowers are used for the same purposes. The green pods are made into pickles, which are equal to or superior to pickled capers. Nasturtiums are easy to grow. Plant the seeds from spring through fall throughout Florida, year-round in South Florida. Sow the seeds about _ to 1 inch deep, spaced 2-3 inches apart. When plants of the tall type are about 7 inches tall, place a stake or trellis near them for support. It is not necessary to stake or trellis the dwarf type. The plants respond to the same general cultural practices used for most garden vegetables. There are few pests to bother the plants. Pods develop about 4 months after seeding.

Petunias are one of the best summer flowering annuals for massed display, and they also look good in pots and hanging baskets. The color range is huge, with varieties available in every color except orange. You can expect blooms throughout the summer and into autumn if faded flowers are removed regularly. Plants quickly grow to a height of 10-16 inches. Petunias can be used as cut flowers, but they look their best in garden displays.

The very fine seeds are hard to handle, and you'll have better luck starting them indoors. Cover with a dusting of soil and water from the bottom of the pot to avoid dislodging seeds. When seedlings are 1-2 inches tall they can be transplanted outdoors at intervals of six to eight inches in soil that has been enriched with compost or manure. Pinch out the growing tips when they reach a height of 3-4 inches to encourage bushy growth. Water regularly to establish, and thereafter wait until the soil dries out to water. Overwatering will cause foliage to yellow and the plants will eventually die. Overfertilizing will result in an abundance of foliage with few flowers. Limit supplemental feedings to one or two during the growing season. After the first flowering flush, cut the plants back to encourage a second blooming.

Native to Brazil, scarlet sage is a clump-forming, tender perennial that typically grows to 1-2’ tall on square, upright stems. Features long-tubed, red-bracted, bright red flowers (to 2" long) in dense, erect, terminal racemes from summer to fall. Oval, serrate, dark green leaves (to 3" long). Cultivars are available in various shades of red, pink, blue, lavender, orange, white and bicolor. Many of the cultivars are compact selections growing 8-15" tall.

Beds, borders, cottage gardens, cutting gardens. Compact selections are good for edging and containers.

Scarlet sage is a subshrub perennial in warmer climates and an annual where winter temperatures stay below freezing for more than a few hours at a time. Scarlet sage reaches 2-3 ft (0.6-0.9 m) tall, with 1-2 in (2.5-5 cm) triangular leaves on long petioles (leaf stems) opposite each other on a square stem. The showy flowers are bright red, about an inch long, and arranged in loose whorls along the upright stem. Blooms appear continuously from early summer to first frost. There are several cultivars, including pink ones, white ones and bicolored ones. Don't confuse this species with the popular bedding plant, Salvia splendens (also called scarlet sage), a frost-tender perennial from Brazil (usually grown as an annual), most of whose many flamboyant cultivars do not attract butterflies or hummingbirds, and do not reseed themselves.
Scarlet sage occurs naturally in dry soils and waste places from South Carolina to Florida and west to Texas and Central America, and in the West Indies.
Scarlet sage is a good bedding plant and useful in borders where brilliant color is desired. This American mint is especially desirable in natural area gardens where it attracts butterflies and hummingbirds and maintains itself year after year without dominating or becoming invasive.
Seeds of scarlet sage remain in the soil and germinate continuously all year except during freezing temperatures. Scarlet sage is just one of dozens of sages grown in the garden. Most are tough and durable and most are attractive to butterflies and many to hummingbirds as well. Some of our favorites are the blue anise sage (Salvia guaranitica), pineapple sage (S. elegans) and autumn sage (S. greggii) all of which bloom over a long period and happen to be real hummingbird magnets

The bruised foliage of pineapple sage really does smell like fresh pineapple! Like most mints, pineapple sage has square stems and opposite leaves. The branches originate on opposite sides of the main stem, too. The flowers are ruby red, 1-2 in (2.5-5 cm) long, and like other salvias, tubular with two lips: the upper lip hoodlike and the lower lip spreading. The flowers are arranged in four-flowered whorls on 8 in (20 cm) terminal spikes. Flowering occurs through late summer and autumn. 'Scarlet Pineapple', with more numerous and larger flowers than the wild species, is commonly available. Pineapple sage grows naturally in oak and pine scrub forests at elevations from 8,000-10,000 ft (2,438-3,048 m) in Mexico and Guatemala.
Use pineapple sage in the center of beds and borders, where its open, airy structure will not hide other plantings. It will grow to shrub size, about 4 ft (1.2 m) tall and 3 ft (0.9 m) wide, in a single season. Pineapple sage is often grown as an annual and often grown in containers. Northern gardeners can cut pineapple sage back and dig it up in autumn to overwinter indoors. Returned outside in spring, overwintered pineapple sage will start blooming much earlier than plants started from new cuttings. Another trick is to root tip cuttings in autumn and maintain them indoors until spring.

The fresh leaves of pineapple sage are used in fruit salads and drinks. Crush a few fragrant leaves into hot or iced tea for a flavorful treat. The delicious flowers add color and flavor to salads and deserts.

Salvia farinacea is a herbaceous perennial that is commonly grown as an annual in most cold winter areas. The species isn't often seen in gardens as the are many popular and beautiful cultivars. These include 'Blue Bedder' which only grows to about 1 ft (0.3 m) high and 'Strata' which is a bit taller with blue and white two-tone flowers. Possibly the most popular cultivar is 'Victoria', a robust grower with intensely blue-violet flowers that grows in a bushy mound to about 2.5 ft (0.8 m).
Salvia farinacea is originally from Mexico and Texas, where the species grows to 3-4 ft (0.9-1.2 m).
Tall Salvia farinacea cultivars can be used as a stunning blue-flowered hedge which will be in bloom for months. It can be used at the back of a border and in combination with a great many other flowering annuals and perennials for an English cottage garden effect. The shorter cultivars lend themselves nicely to container gardens and to broad borders.
S. farinacea is a hardier plant than its cousin, S. splendens, and may last for several years in mild winters. It is less prone to damage by snails and slugs, and is fairly self-sufficient except in extreme weather conditions. Flowers last well when cut and can be combined with a variety of other flowers and foliage. This plant was one of the few in my garden that is not routinely destroyed by hungry deer and rabbits, a trait shared by many of the sages (members of the genus Salvia).

Verbena bonariensis   

Purpletop verbena is an erect, clump-forming perennial with stiff, widely branched stems. It can reach 3-6 ft (0.9-1.8 m) in height with an open, airy spread of 1-3 ft (0.3-0.9 m). The scabrous (sandpapery) stems and branches grow in an upright pattern and are square in cross section. Most of the leaves are clustered in a mounded rosette at the base of the plant. The relatively scarce stem leaves are opposite, 3-5 in (7-13 cm) long and clasping (i.e. the leaves have no petioles and their bases wrap around the stem). The flowers are purple, a quarter-inch across, and borne in rounded clusters about 2-3 in (5-7.6 cm) across. Botanists call this type of inflorescence a cyme: a flower cluster in which the center flower opens first, and later-opening flowers are on the ends of lateral branches that arise from below the first flower. Purpletop verbena displays its showy flowers all summer long, until the first frost of autumn.
Purpletop verbena is native to Brazil and Argentina. It has escaped cultivation and become naturalized in disturbed areas in California and the southeastern US, from South Carolina to Texas, including all of Florida.
The airy, see-through habit of purpletop verbena makes it a good choice for the front or middle of a mixed border. It doesn't cast much of a shadow and you can see other plants behind and under it. Weave a line of purpletop verbena through a bed or border of other butterfly flowers. It's best planted in columns or masses because it is so thin it will be overlooked all by itself.
There are some 250 species of Verbena and about a half dozen are in cultivation.

These pretty annuals are natives of Mexico. They belong to the Daisy family, Compositae. Z. elegans, Youth-and-old-age, is the most commonly grown kind along with its many different varieties. There are both single and double flowered kinds. Zinnia form bushy, erect, self-branching plants, growing 1 to 4 feet in height. Z. angustifolia is bushy and trailing, 8 to 24 inches. The oval leaves are 2 to 3 inches long. The foliage of Z. angustifolia is narrow. The ray petals of the flowers may be quilled or flat and they come in every shade except blue. Picking off the dead flowers will increase the blooms.

The Common Marigold is familiar to everyone, with its pale-green leaves and golden orange flowers. It is said to be in bloom on the calends of every month, hence its Latin name, and one of the names by which it is known in Italy - fiore d'ogni mese - countenances this derivation. It was not named after the Virgin, its name being a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon merso-meargealla, the Marsh Marigold. Old English authors called it Golds or Ruddes. It was, however, later associated with the Virgin Mary, and in the seventeenth century with Queen Mary.

Only the common deep orange-flowered variety is of medinical value.

Marigold is chiefly used as a local remedy. Its action is stimulant and diaphoretic. Given internally, it assists local action and prevents suppuration. The infusion of 1 ounce to a pint of boiling water is given internally, in doses of a tablespoonful, and externally as a local application. It is useful in chronic ulcer, varicose veins, etc. Was considered formerly to have much value as an aperient and detergent in visceral obstructions and jaundice.

It has been asserted that a Marigold flower, rubbed on the affected part, is an admirable remedy for the pain and swelling caused by the sting of a wasp or bee. A lotion made from the flowers is most useful for sprains and wounds, and a water distilled from them is good for inflamed and sore eyes.

An infusion of the freshly-gathered flowers is employed in fevers, as it gently promotes perspiration and throws out any eruption - a decoction of the flowers is much in use in country districts to bring out smallpox and measles, in the same manner as Saffron. Marigold flowers are in demand for children's ailments.

The leaves when chewed at first communicate a viscid sweetness, followed by a strong penetrating taste, of a saline nature. The expressed juice, which contains the greater part of this pungent matter, has been given in cases of costiveness and proved very efficacious. Snuffed up the nose it excites sneezing and a discharge of mucous from the head.

The leaves, eaten as a salad, have been considered useful in the scrofula of children, and the acrid qualities of the plant have caused it to be recommended as an extirpator of warts.

A plant valued even by ancient peoples for its cleansing and cosmetic properties, we tend to see it used in landscaping more and more these days because of its drought resistant properties and showy, fragrant nature. A typical Mediterranean native, it loves full hot sun and loose, fast draining soil. Great as a hedge plant, in borders, or as part of an herb garden, it is equally happy as a container plant. Its bushy shape, grey-green leaves, and tall purple whorls of flowers make for quite a display. Many of the wineries in the Sonoma Valley have planted lavish gardens of lavender, not only for the breath taking early fall display, but the flowers attracts bees and butterflies which help with pollination. I highly recommend a trip to Mantanzas Creek Winery in Sonoma: not only for their wines, but to view their multi- acre lavender fields which are stunning when in full bloom.

Most people associate lavender with soaps, perfumes and for its use in aroma therapy to soothe and calm. As far back as early Romans and Greeks people would bathe in waters scented with lavender. The name "lavender" in fact comes from the Latin word "lavare" which means to wash. Its use as a medicinal plant is long as well, treating a number of nervous related conditions, such as insomnia, migraine headaches, irritability, and depression. It is also said to have powerful antibiotic properties. During the height of the Plague during the Middle Ages, the French town of Grasse remained surprisingly free of the disease. Some suspect this is because of the huge volume of lavender used by the town to make perfumes and scent leather.

Spanish priests grew cosmos in their mission gardens in Mexico. The evenly placed petals led them to christen the flower "Cosmos," the Greek word for harmony or ordered universe. Cosmos, like many of our warm weather annuals such as marigolds, originated in Mexico and South America.

Cosmos belongs to that vast family of plants known as Compositae. Although there are 20 known species of cosmos, two annual species, Cosmos sulphureus and Cosmos bipinnatus, are most familiar to home gardeners. These two species are most easily differentiated by leaf structure and flower color. The leaves of C. sulphureus are long, with narrow lobes and hairy margins. The flower colors of this species are always shades of yellow, orange or red. The C. bipinnatus has leaves that are finely cut into threadlike segments. The foliage looks similar to ferns. The flowers are white or various shades of pink to dark rose.

Cosmos sulphureus (Yellow Cosmos) - the species native to the Americas. The flower heads are composed of disc and ray flowers. The disc, or center flowers are yellow: the ray, or outer petals range from pale yellow or mustard to orange-scarlet. Red is a relatively recent addition to the color range of C. sulphureus. The native species is golden-yellow to orange.

Yellow cosmos is a sun - loving annual; it will not produce as many blooms if grown in the shade. Choose a location that receives at least 8 - 10 hours of direct, sunbathing sunlight. Cosmos will perform best if grown in well-drained soil. Yellow cosmos is not a heavy feeder. Excess fertilization will cause plants to produce excessive leaf growth at the expense of flower production.

Yellow cosmos needs only basic care to provide a colorful abundance of blooms all summer long. After the seedlings emerge, water VERY SPARINGLY. In lieu of any rainfall during an entire month, give the planting bed a long, slow drink. Cosmos is drought tolerant, providing abundant blooms with less water than most other annuals. Herein lies the "problem" which many people encounter when growing cosmos -- they "over-care" for their cosmos plants. "Over-care" means too much water, too much fertility and too much shade. When "over-care" occurs, cosmos becomes tall and spindly (even when the new, lower-growing varieties are used), and blooms sparsely.

Cleome gets it's nickname "Spider Flower" from the spidery-like flowers with long, waving stamen which are held on tall, strong leafy stems. It is one of the few annuals that looks at home among shrubs and perennials. Planted in mass, they look like blooming shrubbery with 8-inch balls of blossoms. They will reach a height of 6 feet in a good season. Violet Queen (pictured), Cherry Queen, Pink Queen and Helen Campbell (white) are among the most popular cultivars.

Cleome tolerates heat and dry weather well, and continue to look good well into the summer. Lower leaves tend to fall at the end of summer, and this can be covered by companion plants.

Staking is usually not necessary, and they are not bothered by pests and disease. Protection from strong winds is advisable. They are a favorite of hummingbirds.

The English daisy (Bellis perennis) is a wild flower with short creeping rhizomes and small rounded or spoon shaped evergreen leaves. It is not destroyed by mowing and is therefore often a weed in lawns in western Europe. The outer florets are white to (in cultivars) light pink and the small fertile central florets are golden yellow. It is thought that the name "daisy" is a corruption of "day's eye", because the whole head closes at night and opens in the morning. This, the true daisy, is native to north and central Europe, and was introduced into America in colonial times. The flowers were fed to babies in medieval times when it was popular to have dwarfed entertainers as the flowers produce miniturisation in people.

Painted daisy (Tanacetum coccineum, formery Pyrethrum roseum) has pink, red, purple, or white flower heads. The roots of this plant were once used as a remedy for fevers. Dried heads were the original source of pyrethrum-based insecticides. Daisy leaves are edible and can be used in salads.

The Shasta daisy (Leucantheum X superbum, formerly Chrysanthemum maximum) is horticultural variety developed in California (U.S.) and is a perennial growing to a height of 60 - 90 cm (2 to 3 ft.) It is apparently a cross between Leucantheum lacustre from Portugal and L. maximum from the Pyrenees.