Erigeron karvinskianus, formerly called Erigeron mucronatus, is a sweet little annual, also called the Mexican daisy, as it is a native of Mexico. It is not supposed to grow in our climate, but returns faithfully every year and flowers at the oddest spaces, usually between stones. I like it on the steps down from the terrace to the garden, they lighten up the grey quartzite stone.
Penelope Hobhouse writes in her book "Colour in your garden", that it should be present in all good gardens. So I got seeds from the RHS years ago and now we have flowers every summer for months. Colours vary from all shades of pink (buds and opening flowers) to white on the opened flower.
It has also established itself under an olive tree in a pot as a nice fluffy undergrowth together with pink Corydalis (larks' spur), lemon balm and a little pink Polygonum. Nothing of this has been planted, all flown in from other places in the garden! They seem to know where to settle down and how to make a pretty group!
Penelope Hobhouse writes in her book "Colour in your garden", that it should be present in all good gardens. So I got seeds from the RHS years ago and now we have flowers every summer for months. Colours vary from all shades of pink (buds and opening flowers) to white on the opened flower.
It has also established itself under an olive tree in a pot as a nice fluffy undergrowth together with pink Corydalis (larks' spur), lemon balm and a little pink Polygonum. Nothing of this has been planted, all flown in from other places in the garden! They seem to know where to settle down and how to make a pretty group!
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