Plant of the Month: June 2013
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This cheerful mounded daisy shows flowers from pink to white as they age.
Santa Barbara Daisy
Erigeron karvinskianus
- Plant Form: Perennial Flower
- Water Use: Low
- Mature Size: 1-2’ tall, 3’ wide
- Exposure: Full Sun – Part Shade
- Bloom Time: April – October
- Native to: Mexico
- Hardiness: Cold Hardy to 15°F
Santa Barbara Daisy is a graceful, trailing groundcover especially beautiful when cascading over walls or pots. Dainty white flower heads turn to pink, then to mauve as they age, resulting in several colors at once on this spreading plant. Summer heat can shut down flowering, but cool fall weather stimulates flowers again until frost. Cut to ground in winter to renew plant. Prefers full sun, but can tolerate partial shade, and is very drought tolerant. Santa Barbara Daisy can be a bit invasive with moderate water. Great addition to a butterfly garden. Use this versatile perennial as a groundcover, in containers and rock gardens, hanging baskets, window boxes, and even tucked into the crevices of rock walls.
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