Argyranthemum 'Madeira Yellow' (Marguerite Daisy) – Summer Bedding (3 or 6 x 10.5cm Pots)

Argyranthemum 'Madeira Yellow' is a marguerite daisy that flowers from spring until the first frost, giving pots, window boxes and borders months of colour.

The Madeira series makes a compact, upright and well-branched plant of around 30cm tall and 30 to 40cm wide, with classic daisy flowers held clear of finely cut, dark green foliage. 'Madeira Yellow' has sunshine yellow petals in several layers around a golden-yellow centre. Flowering runs from April to October, and picking off the spent heads keeps new ones coming.

Give it full sun and well-drained, fertile soil. It comes from the Canary Islands, so it copes well with dry spells and with exposed, coastal gardens. It is not hardy: the first frost kills it, so most people treat it as summer bedding and buy fresh plants each year, though a plant moved under cover before the frosts can be kept going.

Supplied as 3 or 6 established plants in 10.5cm pots, ready to plant straight into containers and bedding displays.

Cultural Information

Common Name: Marguerite Daisy, Paris Daisy

Fully Grown Height and Spread: Approx. 30cm tall x 30 to 40cm wide

Growth Habit: Upright, compact and well-branched

Perfect For: Pots and containers, window boxes, bedding displays, borders, coastal gardens

Foliage: Finely cut, dark green

Flowering Time: April to October

Planting Position: Full sun; tolerates dry conditions and coastal, exposed sites; ideal in patio containers

Soil Type: Well-drained, fertile

Hardiness: Not hardy (half hardy); killed by the first frost, grown as summer bedding

Maintenance: Low; deadhead to prolong flowering

Seasonal Interest: Spring, summer and autumn

Type: Tender perennial grown as summer bedding