About
'Romi Red' is a perennial typically cultivated as a biennial. It features a rosette of dark green, spoon-shaped leaves and produces fully double, pompon-like flower heads that measure 5-6 cm in diameter, blooming in spring and summer.
About the genus
Bellis are perennial plants that develop a rosette of spoon-shaped foliage. They produce flower heads resembling daisies, with many cultivars featuring double blooms, flowering from early spring through late summer.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, North-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bedding
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- Up to 10 cm
- Spread
- 0-0.1 metre
- Time to full height
- 1-2 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow as a bedding or container plant; useful as it tolerates partial shade
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed or by division after flowering
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to a rust