Montauk daisies (Nipponanthemum nipponicum) are one of my favorite Autumn flowers. It is neither a daisy nor a chrysanthemum and has gorgeous blooms until the first hard frost. I first encountered it decades ago along the beaches of Long Island where I grew up. Once I found it, I had to have at least a few on my property.
This year’s bush is particularly large and full of flowers. I didn’t pinch back the plant this year and perhaps the excess of blooms is the plant’s way of rewarding me for my lack of action.
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Nor is it native to Montauk. It’s a foreign invader from Japan. When did it reach
Montauk, such an out of the way town?
No one seems to know but they first naturalized along the shoreline of Long Island and NJ