Aphanostephus Species, Arkansas Lazy Daisy, Doze Daisy, Lazy Daisy, Texas Lazy Daisy

Lazy Daisy, Doze Daisy, Dozedaisy, Arkansas Lazy Daisy, Texas Lazy Daisy Aphanostephus skirrhobasis is native to Texas and other States.

San Antonio, TX
This tough, fast growing plant is a wildflower native to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, M...Read Moreississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas as well as ranging into Mexico. Being salt tolerant, they grow well in coastal regions. With a very high heat tolerance and very low water requirement, it is an excellent xeriscape plant. It is a great plant for rock gardens. It starts out as a very small inconspicuos plant, then beomes very bushy, 6-18 inches tall and 1-2 feet in diameter (it makes a mound) depending on the type and growing conditions. The 1 to 2 inch blooms (depending on the type) which appear prolifically are white with yellow centers and resemble an aster. The foliage is a silver-green or a greyish-green. Because the blooms close at night and then take a while to open in the morning, its commomly called a "lazy daisy" and/or "doze daisy".

I planted mine in July. They were scrawny little things, but now in August, they are neat mounds of white. Though mine are not planted in a mass, they standout among my other perennials because of their color. I did not plant white flowering plants until about 3 years ago because I wanted "colors". But I discovered white blooms (as well as variegated foliage) really make an accent and make my other plantings more attractive. I am gong to save the seeds so that I can plant these wherever I have room next spring.

They have required very liitle attention - no worrying about soil requirements, little watering once established, no attacking insect infestations (hallalujah!!), no deadheading and no fertilization. They attract butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. What more could one desire? (Wished it were a perennial!)