Get your daisies in!

It's osteopermum time again.

From our indigenous species of Osteospermum, glorious varieties of plants with daisy-like flowers in a multitude of bright colours and flower shapes were bred. The world calls them ‘Cape daisies’.

Remember: If you take a few minutes to deadhead spent flowers diligently, you will get rewarded with many more.

They are classified as semi-hardy perennials with either a trailing or upright growth habit and are also called Cape marguerites. The foliage is dark green and the plants produce a mass of blooms. Look out for these varieties in your local nursery:

‘Akila’ range

The drought-hardy species Dimorphotheca ecklonis (previously called Osteospermum ecklonis) with its spreading shape and glistening white flowers with their deep-blue centres, is the parent plant of many modern ranges such as Osteospermum ‘Akila’ with lavender, purple and white flowers, plus a variety of sunset colours in orange, soft yellow and even burgundy.