Planting guide

When to plant everlasting daisy

Papery, crisp daisies in bright colours that last for years once picked and dried. In Melbourne it goes in Feb, Mar, Aug, Sep, Oct.

Start as: Seed, sown in place or Seedling
Flowers in: 11–16 wks
Spacing: 30 cm
Depth: 0.2 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Low
Effort: Easy
Colours: yellow, orange, pink, red, white, multi
Frost-tender: Yes, plant after the last frost

When it goes in

● means everlasting daisy can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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Geelong	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Wollongong	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Hobart	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	○
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Cairns	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
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Darwin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Mandurah	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Bendigo	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Launceston	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Mackay	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Rockhampton	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Blue Mountains	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Bunbury	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Bundaberg	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Alice Springs	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Mildura	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Port Macquarie	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Wellington	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
Christchurch	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
London	○	○	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Manchester	○	○	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	○	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
New York City	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○
Chicago	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Austin	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○
Toronto	○	○	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Johannesburg	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Singapore	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mumbai	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Paris	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Berlin	○	○	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant everlasting daisy

Sow seed on the surface in spring after frost or buy seedlings.
Give full sun and poor, well drained soil.
Cut stems just as buds open.
Hang upside down in a dry, airy spot to dry.

Everlasting daisy varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Tom Thumb Mix Classicdwarf · mixed · pot-friendly · 15–17 wksMixed colours, about 60cm tall
Copper Red Classic11–16 wksRed flowers
Golden Yellow Classic11–16 wksYellow flowers
Pink everlasting daisy Classic11–16 wksPink flowers
Purple Red Classic11–16 wksSold by Happy Valley, The Seed Collection

Where to buy seeds

Buy on The Diggers Club Buy on Happy Valley Seeds Buy on The Seed Collection

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