Leucanthemum × superbum ‘Edgebrook Giant’

Synonyms: Chrysanthemum × superbum ‘Edgebrook Giant’, Chrysanthemum maximum ‘Edgebrook Giant’

Description:

Cited in the Riegel Plant Company wholesale catalogue 1944 as a new introduction originated by Mr Vanderbilt of California. Also  cited in American literature through the late 1940s and early 1950s as a new introduction with very large flowers. A strong growing floriferous plant that flowers well through the summer season. The form of ‘Edgebrook Giant’ grown in the UK is much taller than the plant as originally described.

Threat Status: Threatened In Cultivation As assessed by the Plant Heritage Threatened Plants Programme. For more details see www.plantheritage.org.uk/conservation/threatened-plants/