Engelmann Daisy
Engelmannia peristeniaEngelmann Daisy is a perennial native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1.5–2 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms yellow in Mar–Jul. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsUpright perennial with deeply cut foliage and yellow daisies that open in late afternoon, spring into summer.
Why it works here
Genuinely easy in poor limestone soil, reseeds into natural areas, and provides seed for birds.
Watch out
Goes dormant and looks rough in peak summer. Cut back and it returns with fall rain.
The facts
7 sources- Type
- Perennial
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1.5–2 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Jul · yellow
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on calcareous, caliche, clay, dry, limestone, loam, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Deer-resistant groundlayer
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
3,672 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.