Chrysanthemum nipponicum

Montauk daisies, which are native seaside plants in Japan, and which can provide so much cheer in seaside gardens, can also bring seaside charm inland in temperate areas.

Blooming in late summer, and not as popular as their mum relatives, these daisies might be overlooked for much of the year, but when they are in bloom, are cherished greatly. Are they forgotten from our vocabulary because they are white? Or so easy to draw? These are just two of their great qualities that should help us remember them.

T.H. Everett, in his The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture, 1981, calls them “fine” and “handsome,” and suggests planting them in the front of shrub beds, and even as a single specimen.

Sources:

The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture, 1981