Ox-eye daisy is difficult to eradicate once established, since it can regrow from root fragments left in the soil. Better to not let it get established, or keep it in a container and deadhead religiously.
Here are some native alternatives to ox-eye daisy in the garden:
Daisy-shaped flowers
- upland white aster (Oligoneuron album, small white flowers with yellow centres)
- eastern daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuus, small white flowers with yellow centres, fragrant)
- Philadelphia daisy fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus, small pink flowers with yellow centres)
- lanceleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata, yellow rays and discs)
- Helen's flower (Helenium autumnale, small yellow flowers with yellow disks)
- pale coneflower (Echinacea pallida, pale purple drooping rays, brown centres)
- black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta, yellow rays, dark brown centres)
- branched coneflower (Rudbeckia triloba, yellow rays, dark brown discs)
- showy sunflower (Helianthus laetiflorus, yellow rays, brown discs)
- ox-eye sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides, yellow rays, dark yellow discs)
- green-headed coneflower (Rudbeckia lacinata, yellow rays, olive green discs)
- yellow coneflower (Ratibida pinnata, drooping yellow rays, dark brown discs)
- compass plant (Silphium lacinatum, yellow rays and discs)
- cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum, yellow rays and discs)
- prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum, yellow rays and discs)
- blanket flower (Gaillardia aristata, red rays with yellow tips, brown discs)
- smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve, small mauve flowers with yellow centres)
- sky blue aster (Symphytrichum oolentangiense, small mauve flowers with yellow centres)
- New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, small pink to mauve flowers with yellow centres)
- silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum, purple flowers with beige centres)
White flowers for sunny locations
- upland white aster (Oligoneuron album)
- eastern daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuus
- smooth penstemon (Penstemon digitalis, clusters of foxglove-like flowers)
- yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum, clusters of small flowers)
- king of the meadow (Thalictrum dioicus, clusters of small flowers)
- New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus, a shrub with clusters of small flowers)
- Culver's root (Veronicastrum virginicum, spikes of tiny white flowers)
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