Welcome to the Garden Ninja Gardening Forum! If you have a gardening question that you can't find answers to then ask below to seek help from the Garden Ninja army! Please make your garden questions as specific and detailed as possible so the community can provide comprehensive answers in the online forum below.

Welcome to the ultimate beginner gardening and garden design forum! Where no gardening question is too silly or obvious. This online gardening forum is run by Lee Burkhill, the Garden Ninja from BBC 1's Garden Rescue and a trusted group of experienced gardeners.

Whether you are a beginner or an expert gardener, it's a safe place to ask garden-related questions for garden design or planting. If you have a problem in your garden or need help, this is the Garden Forum for you!

Posting Rules: This space is open for all garden-related questions. Please be polite, courteous and respectful. If you wouldn't say it to your mum's face, then don't post it here. Please don't promote, sell, link spam or advertise here. Please don't ask for 'cheeky' full Garden redesigns here. They will be deleted.

If you need a garden design service, please use this page to book a design consultation. I will block anyone who breaks these rules or is discourteous to the Garden Ninja Community.

Join the forum below with your gardening questions!

Ask a Gardening QuestionGardening Questions & Answers: Plant ProblemsMexican daisies

Please or Register to create posts and topics.

Mexican daisies

#1 · 27th October 2023, 12:38 pm

Hi there, I’m very new to gardening and I was wondering if it’s too late in the year to plant some Mexican daisies? I live in the East Midlands and it can get quite cold….I’ve researched it on the internet and I’m getting conflicting information.
Any help would be much appreciated 😁

thanks

Rhian

#2 · 30th October 2023, 8:02 am

Hi @rhian

Welcome to the Garden Ninja community!

Mexican daisies or Fleabane (Erigeron karvinskianus) is a herbaceous perennial ground cover plant. Meaning it comes back year after year. Super easy to grow and it will self-seed everywhere when you have it.

When starting to grow plants from seed you do need to keep in mind the time of year. Usually, seeds need starting early spring so the weather is warm enough to then plant them out.

You could start them now and then try and overwinter them in a greenhouse; however, in my experience as a beginner this is going to be tricky and may lead to frustration if you don't succeed. I'd recommend doing some research as to a few things you wan to grow next year and start in spring, even if you have a greenhouse.

Below are some of my video gardening guides to help!