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Yellow ox eye in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Buphthalmum salicifolium syn. Buphthalmum grandiflorum

 

Yellow ox eye

Buphthalmum are deciduous, clump-forming perennials. They have simple lance-shaped leaves and daisy-like yellow flowers in Summer and early Autumn Buphthalmum salicifolium is a compact plant with yellow 6 cm. dia. flowers from early Summer

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plant Features
  • Yellow ox eye likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Yellow ox eye likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Yellow ox eye is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Yellow ox eye likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Yellow ox eye

Latin name

Buphthalmum salicifolium syn. Buphthalmum grandiflorum

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Asteraceae

ph

6.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Yellow ox eye likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Yellow ox eye is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Yellow ox eye likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Yellow ox eye likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Yellow ox eye is 0.60meters x 0.60meters 0.60 M 0.60 M

Buphthalmum salicifolium syn. Buphthalmum grandiflorum

Buphthalmum are deciduous, clump-forming perennials. They have simple lance-shaped leaves and daisy-like yellow flowers in Summer and early Autumn Buphthalmum salicifolium is a compact plant with yellow 6 cm. dia. flowers from early Summer


Flowering

From Early Summer TO Early Autumn

Yellow daisy-like flowers appear all Summer and into Autumn

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant in free-draining, poor, soil in a sunny, south or west-facing position in Spring

 

Propagating by seed

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Sow seed in trays of compost in early Spring indoors in a temperature of 21 deg.C (germination takes 2-4 weeks) - or directly where required outdoors, or in a prepared seed-bed after the last frost. Transplant indoor seedlings after hardening off, after last frost.

 

Propagating by division

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Divide established plants by digging up the plant and pulling it apart into smaller divisions that can be replanted straight away

 
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