General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 18 to 20 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 16 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Creamy-white with dark yellow central disc.
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Division
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Golden Marguerite
  • Ox-eye Chamomile
  • Dyer's Chamomile
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cota tinctoria
  • Synonym: Anthemis tinctoria

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Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2021-06-11
Full sun
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2021-06-11
Full sun. About 1m tall.
Location: Botanical Garden Cologne (Germany)
Date: 2017-08-14
Location: Garden
Date: 2017-05-26
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