| Description | A series of English Daisy. Although perennial are often treated as an annual or biennial. |
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| Pronunciation | (BEL-is)(per-EN-is) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Biennials |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full sun to light shade |
| Moisture | average to evenly moist doesn't like to be dried out |
| Soil & Site | prefers well drained, moisture retentive |
| Growing Media | composite flower with yellow disk flowers and numerous ray flowers |
| Temperature | grows best in cooler temps, shuts down in the heat |
| Flowers | composite flower with yellow disk flowers and numerous ray flowers, pompom shaped colors: pink, red, white |
| Fruit | pompom flower |
| Leaves | basal rosette |
| Dimensions | 6-8 by 6-8 inches (HS) |
| Maintenance | dead head to increase length of flowering |
| Propagation | seeds, division |
| Native Site | Europe |
| Misc Facts | Bellis is derived from the Latin word bellus which means pretty. |
| Notes & Reference | #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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