Growing Silver Princess Shasta Daisy Garden Seeds

Start shasta daisy Silver Princess seeds indoors 6 - 8 weeks before final frost date. Silver Princess seeds will germinate in 14-21 days. Once germinated, move to fluorescent grow light for 16 hours of light per day until two sets of true leaves have developed. Transplant Silver Princess seedlings to indoor pot and harden off if transplanting outside. For direct sowing, plant shasta daisy Silver Princess seeds 1/8 inch deep and 18 inches apart in average, medium-dry, and well-drained soil in full sun after the final frost. Avoid overhead watering and water soil directly to minimize wetting foliage. Shasta daisies can be susceptible to verticillium wilt, leaf spots, and stem rot. Cut back spent foliage, leaves, and blooms after flowering to prolong vitality into summer. Silver Princess shasta daisies have no serious pests or diseases, but monitor regularly for aphids. Shasta daisy Silver Princess seeds are perennials that mature in their 2nd year as 12 inch tall compact shrubs with an 18 inch spread covered in classic white 3 inch daisy blooms.

Shasta daisy is a hybrid selectively crossed and bred in 1890 by pioneering American horticulturist Luther Burbank. Burbank worked out of Sonoma County in California and named his new strain of white-petaled daisies in homage to the snow-capped peak of nearby Mount Shasta.