FIVE DELIGHTFUL DAISIES

1 COREOPSIS VERTICILLATA ‘MOONBEAM’

Held on 20in-tall stalks, a profusion of star-shaped yellow blooms, above, turn heads from June to October. 2 EURYBIA DIVARICATUS

Ideal in partial shade, this Michaelmas daisy’s dark stems carry loads of white flowers from early summer well into autumn.

3 ECHINACEA PURPUREA ‘WHITE SWAN’

Stout 2ft-tall stems carry masses of daisies all summer long. Swept-back, white petals radiate from a copper-orange central cone. 4 HELENIUM ‘WALTRAUT’

During August and September, 3ft-tall stems are topped with 3in-wide flowers, whose bronze petals are streaked with yellow.

5 RUDBECKIA FULGIDA ‘LITTLE GOLD STAR’

Forming a 20in-tall clump of lush foliage, this blackeyed Susan produces masses of yellow blooms from July until October.