Botanical Name: Melampodium ‘Million Gold’
Common Name: Melampodium, Blackfoot daisy
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape Low mounding perennial forming dense clumps of narrow green foliage with covering of yellow daisy flowers through the warm season
Height to 1'
Spread to 18"
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun preferred
Soil needs a well-drained soil; native to gravelly soil areas
Hardiness Hardy, Zones 2,3, 10-13
 
Morphology:
Leaves small linear leaves to 1" long, sometimes undulate or even pinnatifid
Flowers daisy inflorescence to 1" across, yellow ray and disk flowers
Fruit tiny achene
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings
 
Usage:
rock garden plant, low facer, short lived perennial for small borders and sloped areas that drain very well; prized for long blooming season
 
Landscape Care:
Watering moderate watering; can tolerate some drought, but bloom is reduced if subjected to long dry periods
Fertilizing slow-release when planting; yearly
Pruning head back in fall if plant becomes scraggly
Pests/Diseases root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: cultivar; original species native to southwest United States
Family: Asteraceae

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