Osteospermum 'White Lightning'
African Daisy 'White Lightning'
Osteospermum are a large, daisy like flowering perennial. These plants make an eye catching summer display in an open border, as ground cover or in containers. Flowers can be single or semi-double.'White Lightning' bears white single daisy-like flowers with a yellow centre lasting all Summer long
Contributed by @KathyB
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining
Common name
African Daisy 'White Lightning'
Latin name
Osteospermum 'White Lightning'
type
Perennial
family
Asteraceae
ph
5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°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
1.00 M
0.50 M
Osteospermum 'White Lightning'
Osteospermum are a large, daisy like flowering perennial. These plants make an eye catching summer display in an open border, as ground cover or in containers. Flowers can be single or semi-double.'White Lightning' bears white single daisy-like flowers with a yellow centre lasting all Summer long
Planting Outdoors
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Young plants should be planted out once the frosts have finished. Water new plants regularly so they don't dry out and treat them to some general fertiliser to help them on their way.
Flowering
From Mid Spring TO Late Summer
Osteospermum give vigorous, brightly coloured blooms from mid spring throughout the whole of the summer. Their flower heads will open wide when the sun is bright so a sunny position will give the best display.
Propagation by Softwood Cuttings
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Take 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, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
Propagation by Semi Hardwood Cuttings
From Late Summer TO Mid Autumn
Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14 cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.
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