About Butter Daisy

Butter Daisy

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual

1.2 Type

Flowering Plants

1.3 Origin

Mexico, Central America

1.4 Types

MELAMPODIUM divaricatum 'Million Gold', MELAMPODIUM leucanthum, MELAMPODIUM divaricatum

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Loamy soils, Sandy areas, Well Drained

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

6-9

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12 - 6

1.8 Sunset Zone

H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Clump-Forming

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

60.96 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

30.48 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Yellow, Gold

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Sandy Brown

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Ovate

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Indeterminate

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam, Sandy

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun

4.7 Pruning

Prune in early spring, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

slow-release fertilizers

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

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5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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34% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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30% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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50% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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15% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

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22% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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17% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.4 Showy Foliage

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40% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.5 Showy Bark

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3% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.6 Foliage Texture

Medium

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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2% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.9 Invasive

Sometimes

5.10 Self-Sowing

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5.11 Attracts

Butterflies

5.12 Allergy

allergic reaction, Avoid during Pregnancy

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Showy Purposes

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Not Available

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Seeds

6.2.3 Other Uses

Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

Insignificant

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Bonsai, Container

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

MELAMPODIUM divaricatum 'Showstar'

7.2 Common Name

Butter Daisy

7.2.1 In Hindi

Butterdaisy Plant

7.2.2 In German

Butterdaisy Pflanze

7.2.3 In French

Butterdaisy Plante

7.2.4 In Spanish

Planta Butterdaisy

7.2.5 In Greek

Butterdaisy φυτών

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Butterdaisy Planta

7.2.7 In Polish

Butterdaisy roślin

7.2.8 In Latin

Planta Butterdaisy

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Asterales

8.5 Family

Asteraceae

8.6 Genus

Melampodium

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Campanuliden, Dicotyledonous

8.8 Tribe

Millerieae

8.9 Subfamily

Asteroideae

8.10 Number of Species

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

1 27800

Properties of Butter Daisy

Want to know the properties of Butter Daisy? Then you are at the right place. Here you'll know everything about every plant. Knowing the properties of garden plants is very interesting. Butter Daisy is a flowering plantalso, its flowers are fragrant. Many garden plants possess some allergies. One should know everything about before planting. It has allergic reactions which are allergic reaction and Avoid during Pregnancy. Butter Daisy Benefits are as follows:

Medicinal use: Not Available
Part of plant used: Flowers and Seeds

It is always necessary for every botanist to study and know all the characteristics of every plant. Scientific classification which includes kingdom, clade, genus, tribe and order are important parameters to understand for every botanist. The gardener must know the properties like the kind of soil required, the amount of water needed, fertilization and pruning required for respective plant. All these properties differ according to plant.

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Butter Daisy Physical Information

Physical information is must while knowing everything about Butter Daisy. Physical information includes the exterior appearance of the plant. The appearance of the plants is well considered factor, especially when you want your garden to be very attractive. Learn about color of leaves and flowers which differs even from the same species of plants. Butter Daisy physical information is as follows: 60.96 cm tall and 30.48 cm wide. Its leaf shape is Ovate. Also it has following color specifications:

Flower color: Yellow and Gold
Leaf color: Green

Care of Butter Daisy

Taking Butter Daisy Care is very important. Pruning, fertilizing, timely watering is very important care factors of any plant. If proper care is taken, results are refreshing and green plants which have a healthy life. Hence every garden plant care should be taken properly. Care of Butter Daisy include pruning, which should be done Prune in early spring, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. The watering done in summer is Lots of watering and in winter is Average Water. It needs Full Sun, Partial Sun for its proper growth.

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Season and care of Butter Daisy

Many a times, care of plants is dependent on the season of the plant. Hence season and care of Butter Daisy is important if you are planning to plant it in your garden. It is a Annual plant. Butter Daisy is a very important plant from . There are Not Available varieties of this plant, among which some popular species are: MELAMPODIUM divaricatum 'Million Gold', MELAMPODIUM leucanthum, MELAMPODIUM divaricatum. This plant's habitat is Loamy soils, Sandy areas and Well Drained and it comes in the hardiness zone 6-9. If you want to keep your garden blooming for all year, grow different plants which blooms in different seasons. Also, understanding habitat of plants is necessary to know, it helps to adjust the environment of the plant like the type of soil and temperature needed for it, according to region it originated from.