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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Perennials => Topic started by: MikeHardman on February 13, 2012, 11:28:00 PM
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I've had a patch of these smaller Gazanias for some while. Last year they suffered a bit from large moth larvae eating the roots, but they are looking stronger this year so far. They have been in flower for a little while, opening-up shortly after the sun reaches them.
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They are definitely cheerful Mike. ;D I must get some more.
I only have one plant. I bought mine in June 2010. I don't know which one it is, but it was in flower when I bought it and has never stopped flowering since!
Daisy :)
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/sandy13085.jpg)
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/daisyincrete/sandy13086.jpg)
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I find that gazanias self-seed very politely - almost always where you would want them to be. I wonder if they're cross-breeding because they come up in all different designs. It could be that I've just forgotten what I bought originally, of course.
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Hello all,
This week, I finally got round to doing something that has been on my mind since this post came up some months back and made a photo compilation of all the gazanias in our garden. Well, all right, this is not ALL of them but a good selection. I took over a hundred photos, I have an album on Facebook with 70-odd of them on display, all different, all lovely. You should be able to see them if you follow this link:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150974970466138.479195.524116137&type=1&l=6e32f7a396
Let me know if it does not work. For now, here are a few of my faves:
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And the yellows:
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Marilyn. They made me smile, just by looking at your photos.
Daisy :)
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Yes, a definite smile factor!
And very helpful, Marilyn, as is that link.
Now that this topic has become so much less month-specific, I'm moving it from the Our Gardens month-by-month section to Perennials.
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Fantastic, Marilyn, also the Facebook page!!! I never ever thought Gazanias are special, as they grow so badly in Basel getting mildew and leggy, but my first gazania in Spain made my day, too! I didn't even know they are perennials...
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Yes they are perennials, but in colder climates they are grown as half-hardy annuals, as they don't really stand frosts.
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Happy to hear their cheerful little faces are making you all smile, too! I know just what you mean, Rita, in the UK they were kind of alright but the same problems; I seem to remember they would not start flowering well until rather late in the summer unless lots of glasshouse heat given in their youth; and then the frost would get them just as they were starting to look good. Here, also, it has been easy to get somewhat sniffy about them, given their ubiquity and habit of self-seeding in with the native stuff, but this excercise has really reminded me just how very useful and worthwhile they are.