Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy) a ubiquitous and indeed joyous roadside and field-edge flower of the moment. Today’s #oneadayplant . This very common European native herbaceous perennial spreads to form vast colonies from underground rhizomes and through seed. Some years, the season is quite fleeting, where in others it can be several months of vibrant, reflective flower. . Interestingly variable growth, depending on the environment in which it is grown. In compost on a nursery, it can become very tall 1.5m (5’)+ with large, thick leaves. On shallower, meadow soils the fine elegance of the plant is displayed with wiry stems, thin leaves and an altogether smaller size of around 60-90cm (2’-3’). . As a perverse, but welcome result of reduced council budgets, the reduction in intensive mowing of verges and open grassland has once again allowed us to see huge swathes of this and many other wildflowers (‘weeds’ to some) return to help our beleaguered Bees and Butterflies. 2020 is proving to be better than normal for reducing intensive maintenance of our semi-urbanised landscapes, though for obviously less than pleasurable reasons. Hopefully, we will be able to look forward to better incorporating wildflowers like this into our landscapes in future. . #leucanthemum #leucanthumvulgare #oxeyedaisy #uknative #herbaceous #perennial #daisy #white #yellow #friedegg #garden #landscape #flower #landscape #iplantsman #landscapemanagement #gardendesign #plantingdesign #council #verge #meadows #ecology #bees #butterflies #pollinator #pollinatorgarden #pollinatorplants (at Crowborough, East Sussex) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB0ZJOHgK82/?igshid=5wo7o3r58sar