The visionary plantsman bred the Shasta daisy around 1890. Hybridizers have tinkered with it ever since, yielding over 100 varieties in different sizes, colors and flower forms.
'Alaska' was named by the master himself in 1904 after 15 years of patiently crossing and re-crossing four species. You can't get a better pedigree than that.
'Banana Cream' PPAF has an extra row of ray petals giving flowers a fuller appearance than single varieties. Churning out flower buds at each auxiliary shoot, ‘Banana Cream’ PPAF blooms prolifically all summer long atop strong, upright stems.
'Becky' has large-flowered and heat-tolerant; this Perennial Plant of the Year winner is the preferred variety for Southern gardens. Leucanthemum superbum 'Becky' (30)ct Flats and Leucanthemum superbum 'Becky' (10)ct Quarts
'Crazy Daisy' are like snowflakes, from fringed to frilly and semi to fully double, you will not find two alike blooms.
'Daisy Duke' PP21914 produce three inch wide, single, pure white, daisy-like flowers with a gold button center that form a solid dome of bloom atop these plants.
'Freak' has flower heads are daisy-like but bigger, with a large yellow centre surrounded by a multitude of small white petals.
'Little Princess' with its compact nature, it is one of the shortest daisies, but prolifically produces out huge, pure white flowers.
'Snowcap' is a dwarf variety with masses of big, clean white flowers all summer.
'Thomas Killen' has double rows of petals and crested golden centers, lending a fluffy appearance.
The longer we know Leucanthemum Shasta Daisies, the more we find to admire about these reliable classics.