Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
A Southwestern native that forms a low mound of honey-scented white daisies from spring to frost, perfect for rock gardens, borders and pots. It thrives on heat, drought and poor, rocky soil, and deer leave it alone. Good drainage is essential; rich soil and extra water bring more flowers but shorten its life.
- Mature size
- 7 in × 1.5 ft
- 0.2 × 0.5 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a–11b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry
- Blooms
- Apr–Oct
Blackfoot Daisy at its mature size
A mature Blackfoot Daisy grows 6 to 12 inches tall and 1 to 2 feet wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
Through the year
What Blackfoot Daisy looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Dormant · Nov–Mar
Low twiggy gray mound, no flowers.
In leaf · Apr–Oct
Low mound covered in small white daisies.
Photos
Growing Blackfoot Daisy
- Grows well in
- The Plains and Mountain West and the desert Southwest.
- Good for
- Groundcover, specimen, drought tolerant, deer resistant, and pollinators
- Leaves
- Dies back in winter
- Native to
- Southwestern United States, Texas, and Northern Mexico
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Blackfoot Daisy, that’s about 1.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Blackfoot Daisy in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other daisies
Blackfoot Daisy
Becky Shasta DaisyAll drawn to the same scale.