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Plant name: Leucanthemum vulgare Common name: Ox-eye daisy

Ox-eye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare , photo by Juliette Wade
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Common Name: Ox-eye daisy
Genus: Leucanthemum
Species: vulgare
Skill Level: beginner
Exposure: full sun
Hardiness: hardy
Soil type: dry, sandy, well-drained/light
Height: 0.4m
Spread: 0.3m

This perennial loves well-drained grassland with a neutral soil. It is quite at home in pastureland and meadows which are cut or moderately grazed. It can often colonize open ground if left to its natural devices and is particularly rampant in fertile soil.