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flower smells like poo
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I have a daisy l ike flower and the yellow center smells like poo, does anyone else smell this or is it just me?
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perhaps that's why dog daisies are so called
In the sticks near Peterborough
I had huge daisies in my garden years ago and thought they would be lovely cut flowers. I had to throw them out they were so smelly!
I had them in my old garden and not knowing the name of them (bought them before they flowered) I've gone and planted them here as well now
Thanks nutculet and plant pauper, not just me then
I think they're lovely and they're fine in the garden...not too close to the house
But keep an eye on them. They have roots like ropes and I suspect they might have thuggish tendancies! 
Thank you for that, they're in a pot with other things and I think they maybe robbing the water so when they've flowered I may throw them. Do you know the name shasta or oxeye? Can't post pic as I have to go out soon.
Mayweed is sometimes called 'Stinky Willy'. It's a rather pretty wildflower. Pollinating insects love it; That's probably what you are referring to.
I think mine were shasta. It rings a bell.
dog daisies stink as well
not just a joke
In the sticks near Peterborough
I spent ages thinking a had a cat using the garden as a loo, until I discovered the eryngiums smell like cat's poo!
Don't plant one near the patio.....