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Oxeye Daisy can be sown in either spring or autumn as long as conditions allow. For spring sowings, mid to late spring is preferable when the soil isn't too cold and wet.

Although it can grown on a range of soils, it thrives on well-drained sites with low fertility and a pH of 6.5 - 7.5. To prepare the soil, remove weeds and lightly cultivate to create a fine tilth. Scatter the seeds onto the soil surface, gently rake in and firm down. Keep the soil moist to ensure the seeds germinate evenly. Seedlings should look after themselves, occasional weeding may be necessary to reduce competition.

Being a perennial flowering usually occurs in the second season and thereafter. In late autumn, any dead vegetation can be cut and removed. The plants will grow new shoots in the spring.

Recommended coverage is 6 m².

Oxeye Daisy is recognised by the RHS as being particularly beneficial to pollinating insects and thus features on the RHS Plants for Pollinators list. Learn more at rhs.org.uk/plantsforpollinators

The flowers produce one of the highest quantities of pollen of any meadow species. Any visiting insects receive a generous dusting of the bright yellow pollen - a protein-rich food source for larvae back at the nest. Due to being an easy source of large quantities of food, the flowers are visited by a wide variety of insects including short-tongued bees and hoverflies. Notable species include the Sharp-collared Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum malachurum) and the Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) as seen on our seed packet.

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