What the daisy family, Asteraceae, have in common is daisy-shaped flowers and ability to feed bees, butterflies, hoverflies and many other pollinating insects
What daisy family, Asteraceae, have in common is daisy-shaped flowers and ability to feed bees, butterflies, hoverflies and many other pollinating insects
But from a botanical point of view, the daisy family is a vast one that’s home to many thousands more species than this one pretty wildflower, and which includes a wealth of late-blooming, garden-worthy plants that are the bright stars of the autumn garden. What they have in common is their daisy-shaped flower heads and theirOne of the most diverse as well as the most visually impactful is the dahlia, the undisputed queen of many Irish flower borders at this time of year.
The aforementioned helenium is another member of the daisy family that’s outstanding in terms of the vividly colourful flower power it offers at this time of year. Commonly known as sneezeweed, its dried flowers were traditionally used as a form of medicinal snuff, hence the name.
Dahlias are among the most popular garden plants worldwide. All the breeding forms and cultivars known today originated from crosses of the two parent species Dahlia coccinea and Dahlia pinnata. Photograph: Werner Meidinger/iStock
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