Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Old Court’ is a quirky, spirited, ornamental, spidery double that takes wild to a whole new level. It’s one of my favourite flowers at any British flower show.
Butterflies and bees like it, it mixes wonderfully with other flowering perennials and would be a good, home-grown cut flower.
I’m using the name from the plant labels on the Holden Clough Nurseries stand at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, but you’ll find a good number of synonyms listed online which may or may not be the same plant, including:
Old Court Shasta Daisy
Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Beauté Nivelloise’
Chrysanthemum maximum ‘Beauté Nivelloise’
As I may have mentioned before, this flower makes my hair seem firmly under control. Well, assuming it’s not windy outside!
Shared for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Susan Rushton 
What a spectacular and fun variety! I have never seen these before.
Once seen, never forgotten!
They look like my hair in the morning. Beautiful daisies.
It’s not just me then! 🙂
Wow! I love these and have never seen them before!
I’m glad you liked them.
Wow! I’ve never seen this before! Looks like something that should be in every garden.
I’d say so!
Ah, the bedhead flower! I love it and every year I look for it and every year I can’t find it. It is really stunning with those stained-glass colors behind it. What a setting! Thank you for the inspiration!
And here I am tormenting you a little more about it! I love the stained glass quality too – thanks for putting a name to the effect.
That’s a super superbum! I bought a yellow one at the end of the autumn, but mine is yellow. I hope it survives the winter, though I am sure it’s not a shaggy kind.
My fingers are crossed for you!
That’s going to make life awkward for you over the next few months 😆
That is some flower! Wild and whacky and one I have never seen.
I hadn’t seen it until a few years ago, but it seems to pop up quite regularly now.
Fantastic! Just love them – the disheveled look is absolutely charming!
I wish I could wear my own hair with so much aplomb!
;-D
I’v never seen anything like this daisy. Utterly fascinating and charming at the same time.
She’s a character!
Aren’t those beautiful and unique! They look like curled paper. I’ve never seen these before and I really like them!
They do seem papery, now you mention it.
I love that daisy. I have a cultivar called Phylis Smith. It is my favourite.
I’m not familiar with the one you mention so I checked it out online. It looks lovely – along the same lines as this one, but a little less wayward.
Wild! What a show off 👏
A daisy with spirit. 🙂