By Anitamay777
North Humberside,
United Kingdom 
My Shasta Daisy smells horrible!
I grew some from seed and they have made a lovely show but when I picked a bunch to put indoors I found they gave off a horrible smell like manure. Is this normal?
10 Jun, 2011
Answers
I agree..I tried cutting them for inside..only once! Yuk..
10 Jun, 2011
If I am remembering correctly, dog daisies are one of the ancestors of Shasta daisies.
11 Jun, 2011
Leucanthemum vulgare is specifically the European Dog Daisy or Ox Eye Daisy.
The Shasta Daisy is Leucanthemum x superbum, a hybrid between two American species (forget which).
11 Jun, 2011
....and yes, because they attract flies for pollination, they do stink a bit!
11 Jun, 2011
Sorry, Fractal! I was working off my memories of a book about Luther Burbank, waaayyy back about....Well, I'd rather not say! : )
11 Jun, 2011
:)
17 Jun, 2011
I find they have a nasty smell. I wouldn't describe it as like manure, exactly, though. I have dog daisies that some people also call shasta daisies - guess why their common name is dog daisies? They smell like dog pee.... They're for outside only.
10 Jun, 2011