June 19, 2024

Oxeye Daisy

…loves me, … loves me not

 At QEII pond

Our largest daisy in the UK that loves grassland, verges and meadows and flowers throughout the late Spring and Summer.

Also called moon-daisy and moon-penny - see it at nighttime.

A robust perennial that, after a year or two, often out-competes other wildflowers from a seed mix.

Great for pollinators including bees, hoverflies, beetles, moths, butterflies as the abundant nectar is easy to get to; also a food plant for the larvae of some micro moths.


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