African Daisy
African daisy is a summer-flowering plant with flowers like daisies. Some kinds have a ring of contrasting color right around the yellow center. The African Daisy belongs to the Asteraceae family, the genus: Arctotis, Dimorphotheca, Gazania, Gerbera, Lonas, Osteospermum, and Venidium. African daisy is also known as the African Cape Marigold. The African daisy flowering plant is excellent for naturalized areas and as ground cover for large areas, for parking strips, borders, large pots and tubs. It is an ornamental plant and can be used also as a bouquet.
African Daisy (Dimorphotheca)
Dimorphotheca is one of eight genera of the Calenduleae, with a center of diversity in Southern Africa. Some species can hybridize with Osteospermum, and crosses are sold as cultivated ornamentals. The name "Dimorphotheca" comes from the Greek "Dis" "Morphe" and "Theka", meaning "two shaped fruit", referring to the dimorphic cypselae, a trait inherent to members of the Calenduleae. Plants of this genus usually have bisexual flowers.
A hardy, spreading annual with daisy-like flowers. A native of South Africa, it has naturalized throughout the southwestern United States. Blooms are 2-4 inches across in brilliant shades of white, yellow, and orange. An excellent variety to sow in early spring, as it will produce extravagant color for weeks. Prefers full sun in well-drained soils. Sow in early spring after the danger of frost has passed, seedlings are not winter hardy. You will be delighted with this outstanding performer. Common names of Dimorphotheca are: African daisy, Cape marigold, and glandular cape marigold.
African Daisy (Lonas)
Lonas is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers. Lonas can be dried and which can be used in bouquets, pressed flower pictures, or potpourri, or on hats, wreaths, kissing balls, shadow boxes, hearth brooms, shaker boxes, window ornaments, door swags, etc. African Daisy (Osteospermum)
Osteospermum is a genus belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Osteosperum used to belong to the genus Dimorphotheca, but only the annual species remain in that genus; the perennials belong to Osteospermum. The genus Osteospermum is also closely related to the small genus Chrysanthemoides, such as C. incana and C. monilifera. Its common names are: African Daisy or South African Daisy, Cape Daisy and Blue-eyed Daisy. Osteospermum has now become very popular as summer bedding plant, either to put in the border or in pots.
African Daisy (Arctotis)
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Arctotis is a genus of about 40-50 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa, from South Africa north to Angola. Some of the plants are alternatively placed in the genus Venidium. Many are called by the common name "African daisy", or "Gousblom" in Afrikaans. Some species have been developed as popular horticultural items because of their attractive yellow, orange, red, or white flowers. Gardeners cultivate some species as half-hardy annuals. The common names for the half hardy perennial Arctotis is the African Daisy. It is a native of South Africa and the plant typically flowers from summer through to late in the autumn It tends to grow best in coastal regions where it can be cooled by the ocean winds at night in the summer. But they're a beautiful plant; they look just like a daisy but they come in lots of bright colors and purples and pinks and oranges and yellows. They're really, really pretty. In South Africa they grow wild in Namaqualand, way in the middle of nowhere there'll be just thousands of acres of beautiful African daisies in bloom each year, and it's just a beauty, and it's such a beautiful sight to see. So you can bring some of that home with you too, and grow 'em in your garden. So the African daisy is a great plant that's easy to grow. Just put it in a sunny spot with good drainage, and cut it back if it turns brown in the fall. And besides that, there's nothing you have to do to it, and it'll come back every year.
African Daisy (Venidium)
The last but not the least of the Asteraceae family is Venidium. It is a genus flowering plants. Some species are alternatively placed in genus Arctotis. There are 20 to 30 annual and perennial species of Venidium, mostly in South Africa. V. fatuosum (Arctotis fatuosa) appears as many horticultural varieties. Most species occur in South Africa. Leaves alternate, deeply cut, stalked, grayish green, of cobwebby appearance when young. Flowers in solitary heads, daisylike. Ray flowers yellow or orange, sometimes with purple band at the base. Disk flowers purplish black. Venidium fastuosum or Cape Daisy is excellent as cut flowers, continuing to open in morning and close at night. African Daisy (Gerbera)
http://www.eazydee1.webatu.com/african/ger_gaz.htmlGerbera is a genus of ornamental plants from the sunflower family (Asteraceae). It was named in honour of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber, a friend of Carolus Linnaeus. It has approximately 30 species in the wild, extending to South America, Africa and tropical Asia. The first scientific description of a Gerbera was made by J.D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described Gerbera jamesonii, a South African species also known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton Daisy. Gerbera species bear a large capitulum with striking, two-lipped ray florets in yellow, orange, white, pink or red colours. The capitulum, which has the appearance of a single flower, is actually composed of hundreds of individual flowers. The morphology of the flowers varies depending on their position in the capitulum. Gerbera is also important commercially. It is the fifth most used cut flower in the world (after rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, and tulip).It is also used as a model organism in studying flower formation. Gerbera contains naturally occurring coumarin derivatives. Gerbera is a tender annual flower. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds. It is a Perennial daisy-like flowers that are known for their long flower stems which make them ideal for cut-flower bouquets.
African Daisy (Gazania)
Gazania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Southern Africa. It is often planted as drought-tolerant ground cover. Gazania flowers have numerous pointy petals, each petal has a contrasting stripe in the middle or a small spot at the bottom. Its like a painter's brush stroke. This low growing plant is ideal for mass planting in drought conditions.
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