About
Argyranthemum 'Sugar Button' is often cultivated as an annual, despite being a short-lived perennial. It features finely divided grey-green foliage and produces white flower heads with yellow centers, blooming from spring through autumn.
About the genus
Argyranthemum consists of evergreen perennials or sub-shrubs with a woody base. The leaves can be either simple or finely divided, and the plants produce daisy-like flower heads in white, yellow, or pink from late spring through autumn.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bedding, Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1-2 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Gravel garden, Patio and container plants, Cottage and informal garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Needs a well-drained soil in full sun to flower well. Suitable for cultivation in a container . Tolerates sea winds
- Pruning
- Deadhead regularly
- Propagation
- Propagate by stem cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids and leaf-mining flies
- Disease resistance
- Usually disease free