We planted our painted daisies, Chrysanthemum coccineum, from seed and now have many established plants.  One problem, however, was they flowered on long stems that became heavy from the weight of the flowers.  The stems grow out away from the foliage and sometimes fall to the ground unless supported.  We found a terrific way to display the beauty of these flowers by allowing them to wander through a Yucca filamentosa 'Ivory Tower' which we planted within our clump of daisies.  As the plants flower, the sturdy leaves of the yucca make an excellent support for the long painted daisy stems. 

Here you can see the flower spike of the yucca just beginning to emerge as the daisies flower.  After the painted daisies have finished, we dead-head the plants to encourage a second blooming.  While we wait for the second set of blossoms, we are treated to the tall flowering spike of our yucca plant.