Growing Snow Lady Shasta Daisy Garden Seeds

Start shasta daisy Snow Lady seeds indoors 8-10 weeks before final frost date. Snow Lady 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 Snow Lady seedlings to indoor pot and "harden off" if transplanting outside. For direct sowing, plant shasta daisy Snow Lady seeds 1/8 inch deep and 10-12 inches apart in average, medium-dry, and well-drained soil in full sun. 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. Snow Lady shasta daisies have no serious pests or diseases, but monitor regularly for aphids. Shasta daisy Snow Lady seeds are perennials that mature in their 2nd year as 10-12 inch tall dwarfed shrubs with a 10-12 inch spread filled with 2-3 inch classic white daisy blooms.

Shasta daisy Snow Lady is a 1988 All-American Selections Flower Winner for its early flowering, petite dwarf size, and long, summer blooming. 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.