Tanacetum vulgare | Common Tansy | Golden Buttons Felicia Alvarez A covering of mulch will

A covering of mulch will help provide their preferred growing conditions

Winter foraging bees will appreciate these flowers at a time when not a lot is around

it is best interplanted with evergreen perennials or grasses

They need good ventilation

which are about 4cm in width

Tanacetum vulgare | Common Tansy | Golden Buttons Felicia Alvarez A covering of mulch willA wonderful, fragrant leaved, herbaceous perennial. The button shaped golden blooms, which are also fragrant, give great colour to the garden in mid to late summer. Grows to 1 metre tall x 50 cm wide. Prefers a sunny spot but will tolerate some shade, and doesnt mind drying out, so it's an easy care plant! They naturalize well, and benefit from a cut back with shears after blooming, important as it self seeds freely. Also said to repel flies, although