Diascia 'Little Dancer'
Twinspur 'Little Dancer'
Most diascia varieties are low-growing bedding plants, also suitable for containers and hanging-baskets, but some varieties have tall, upright.spires of flowers. The flowers are small, but profuse. The leaves are dark green and oval. 'Little Dancer' is a mound-forming low-growing variety with a profusion of flowers that start lilac and turn pink, and bloom all Summer long, and well into Autumn. Can be overwintered if protected from frost, or moved indoors.
-
Full sun to partial shade
-
Occasional watering
-
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
-
Free draining and fertile
Common name
Twinspur 'Little Dancer'
Latin name
Diascia 'Little Dancer'
type
Annual or perennial
family
Scrophulariaceae
ph
6.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
-
Light
Full sun to partial shade
-
Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
-
Soil
Free draining and fertile
-
Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
-
Best time to plant
-
When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
0.25 M
Diascia 'Little Dancer'
Most diascia varieties are low-growing bedding plants, also suitable for containers and hanging-baskets, but some varieties have tall, upright.spires of flowers. The flowers are small, but profuse. The leaves are dark green and oval. 'Little Dancer' is a mound-forming low-growing variety with a profusion of flowers that start lilac and turn pink, and bloom all Summer long, and well into Autumn. Can be overwintered if protected from frost, or moved indoors.
Flowering
From Early Spring TO Late Autumn
Diascia have a long flowering season, from early Summer to late Autumn in UK - in their native South Africa the flowering season is shorter
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant in Spring in a sunny site in well-drained fertile, good-quality soil.
Propagating by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Take cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)
jonesk1
penhillnursery