Seaside Daisy 'Sea Breeze'

Erigeron glaucus 'Sea Breeze'

Seaside Daisy 'Sea Breeze' is a perennial for edging, groundcover, suited to full sun and loam, sandy soil or chalk, flowering May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.

Where to use it in a border

At around 25 cm, it sits best along the front edge, where a low, spreading habit reads best. Give it about 40 cm of room to spread, roughly 2 to the metre when planted in a drift. It is hardy across USDA zones 4a to 8b and rated H6 by the RHS, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of full sun, sandy soil, chalk soil, evergreen plants, pollinator-friendly plants.

Border Builder uses Seaside Daisy 'Sea Breeze''s height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• Evergreen, so it keeps the border furnished through winter.
• Not recorded as pet-safe; site it away from pets that graze if that matters to you.
• Its flowers are valued by bees and other pollinators.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• Perennial Wallflower 'Bowles's Mauve'to edge in front
• Rosemaryfor height behind it
• Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price'for height behind it
• Wallflowerto edge in front
• Cranesbill 'Mavis Simpson'to edge in front
• Crocosmia 'Lucifer'for height behind it

Garden styles

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