New flowers at the dacha. Perennial garden chamomile 'Princess'

I love white daisies,
Simple Russian flowers,
Yellow-eyed cuties
Symbol of family and purity.

They grow in the fields, in the country,
In the forests, by the river and in the steppe,
And their main task is
Telling fortunes about love for girls.

We have common wild daisies growing all over our dacha, self-sowing and sprouting wherever they please. Of course, I don't let them grow in the vegetable garden, but I let them grow along the paths, under the trees, and by the fence. Their bushes are tall, and their flowers are medium-sized.

But I wanted larger daisies. So I bought seeds of a garden daisy called Princess, which has large 8-cm flowers but only 30 cm tall.

The daisies could have been sown outdoors in May, but I decided to grow seedlings. The seedlings would help them bloom faster, and I'd know if they would truly be large. I sowed the seeds in early March in a small box. Garden daisy seeds are small. I watered the soil in the box with water and phytosporin, scattered a few seeds, and lightly sprinkled them with loose soil. I also moistened the soil slightly. I covered the box with plastic wrap and placed it under a grow light with the other flowers I was also growing from seedlings.

After about a week, sprouts began to appear.
When two true leaves appeared, I transplanted the daisies into a larger box.

At the end of May, I planted the grown seedlings in the flowerbed. In July, buds began to appear.
And at the beginning of August the first flowers bloomed.

At the beginning of flowering they were small, but gradually increased in size and fully bloomed daisies are quite large.

Much larger than my usual ones. I compared the two flowers in the photo.

This is what the Princess daisies look like on the seed packet. The seedlings are strong, grow well, and don't stretch.

And these are the daisies that grew on my property.

I still have some seeds left. If the daisies survive the winter, I'll sow seeds elsewhere in the spring. The daisies are short, the bushes are neat, and they look good in the foreground. Mine are planted near a tall sedum.