Orange Daisies With Baby Daisies Growing From the Deadheads

Question

We have about 20 different orange and yellow daisies throughout our flower beds in so Cal. (from a packet of various wildflower seeds). Only one plant is producing five smaller flowers from the base of the dead flowers. Is this common? I couldn’t find any info.

Answer 1

hamfam, ♥ it! Hope she won't mind it I use it when I can't answer a question!

Answer 2

thank you.:-) just heard back from my grandma about this. she was a florist In the 20's she said it means you have pixies in your garden. it made The kids smile.:-)

Answer 3

While this is not common, it certainly isn't rare. There is a name for this occurrence, but I can't remember what it is! Sorry. Typically it happens on Echinacea.