Gazania - Kiss Series
by J McCombie
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Gazania - Kiss Series
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J McCombie
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The gazania flower, named for the 15th century Greek-Italian scholar Theodorus of Gaza, is a low maintenance South African annual that will brighten up your hard-to-landscape spaces. Gazania rigens (syn. G. splendens), sometimes called Treasure Flower or African Daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa. It is naturalised elsewhere and is widely cultivated as an ornamental garden plant. It is a spreading, low-growing, half-hardy perennial, growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall and wide, with lobed lance-shaped, narrow blue-grey felted foliage and solitary brilliant yellow, daisy-like composite flowerheads 8 cm (3.25 inch) across throughout the summer.
Due to numerous hybrids of Gazania, banded markings combined with rich shades of yellow, pink, purple, bronze, white, orange, red, and coral help gardeners decide what seedling strains to grow. Besides, Gazania’s growing habits are the same regardless of variety. Gazania is a half-hardy annual that parades abundant blooms from summer to winter and will bounce back from a light frost. In USDA growing zones 9-11, the hottest parts of the country, gazanias may perform as evergreen perennials; gazania is grown as an annual elsewhere. It is tolerant to drought, poor soil conditions, baked conditions, and still produces bold-color, daisylike flowers from summer to frost. It closes up during night time and cloudy days as if taking a sleep and wakes up at a gaze of sunlight.
The flowers appear over toothed dark green or silver leaves (the foliage color differs between varieties). They have a spreading habit which makes them great in beds and borders and containers, too.
Kiss varieties are known for their proliferation of flowers on short, sturdy stems that cover the mounded plants. Height: 8-10", 8-10" spread.
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October 1st, 2011
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