Gazania rigens 'Purple'
Treasure Flower 'Silver Leaf'
A bright, showy, bushy, half hardy annual, flowers are daisy-like and bright orange, pink, white, red, yellow, bronze and sometimes striped, they flower over a long period from late spring to mid autumn. The leaves are shiny green and divided. This 'silver leaf' variety sports purple flowers with a brown ring surrounding a yellow centre and whitish tips to the petals.
Contributed by @drumadixit
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Treasure Flower 'Silver Leaf'
Latin name
Gazania rigens 'Purple'
type
Annual
family
Asteraceae
ph
7.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.30 M
Gazania rigens 'Purple'
A bright, showy, bushy, half hardy annual, flowers are daisy-like and bright orange, pink, white, red, yellow, bronze and sometimes striped, they flower over a long period from late spring to mid autumn. The leaves are shiny green and divided. This 'silver leaf' variety sports purple flowers with a brown ring surrounding a yellow centre and whitish tips to the petals.
Flowering Season
From Early Summer TO Early Autumn
Flowers are daisy-like and bright orange, pink, white, red, yellow, bronze and sometimes striped.
Planting Season
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Plant out container grown plants in a sunny site.
Propagation by seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Sow seed under glass.
Propagation by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
ake soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten,
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