Sunny Ball matricaria
Tanacetum parthenium 'Sunny Ball'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2.5 to 3 feet tall
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sunny Ball' matricaria (Tanacetum parthenium 'Sunny Ball') is a perennial for borders, cut flowers, containers, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy or loamy soil. It makes many button-like yellow blooms from early to late summer. Bees and butterflies visit the flowers. Deer tend to browse other plants first.
Pairs well with Japanese forest grass, Bartzella peony, and Blue fescue.