There is a plant with the common name of Coast Daisy Bush, Olearia axillaris; coast daisies have a place in the gardens of Western Australia. They are very hardy plants. This one is a much-branched shrub that grows to about 2 metres. The silvery -green colour of the foliage comes from the whitish - grey hairs of the leaf surface. Flowering occurs from March through August. The plant prefers a well-drained soil. It is very hardy and tolerates very dry alkaline soils, and the dry salt winds that occur near the coast in coastal sand dunes and on the western side of the Coastal Plain, where the plant is found.
Bellis perennis, the European daisy, part of the Asteraceae family, is a small plant bearing flowers each with yellow disc and white flowers. Some other members of the family are 0x-eye daisies, the Michaelmas daisy, and the Shasti daisy.
The word daisy comes from the Old English, daeges eage 'days eye', flower opening in the morning. The true daisy, sometimes called the English daisy, is also called Bellis perennis; it is often used as a bedding plant. It has basal leaves, leafless flower stalks, and leaflike structures beneath the flower heads. Some varieties have double flowers; others may be pink or red. About six of the genus Bellis of the family Asteraceae are native to Eurasia.
The Erigeron (what a wonderful word, just try rolling the 'r's' around your tongue), is any herbaceous plant, it is a large genus containing more than 200 annuals, biennials, and perennials of the daisy family.
Several species known as daisies are included in the genus, or scientific grouping, Chrysanthemum. These species usually have yellow disc flowers and white or yellow rays. One member of this group - the oxeye, or white daisy - originated in Europe and western Asia. It is the most common wild daisy in North America. The oxeye daisy grows in fields and on roadsides, and can be up to 1 metre tall, with blossoms up to 5 centimetres across.
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