Botanical Name: Senecio hybridus
Common Name: Cineraria Type of Plant: dicot: annual Character winter annual Habit of Growth: Overall Shape dense, rounded compact plant with large, lush leaves and large terminal clusters of daisy-like flowers Height 12" - 18" Spread 12" - 18" Growth Rate moderate Environment: Exposure outdoors partial shade to shade Soil prefers cool, moist, well amended soil Hardiness tender Morphology: Leaves simple palmate, rough textured, to 6" wide, 6" long, coarsely dentate on margins Flowers dense corymbs of daisy-like flowers in many colors - often with contrasting centers Fruit small achene Propagation: seed, achene Usage: gift plants, annual color under shaded patios, used in mass plantings, combine well with begonias, ferns, foliage plants Landscape Care: Watering needs frequent watering Fertilizing balanced, half-strength, monthly Pruning cut back hard after blooming; divide out new side shoots Pests/Diseases leaf miner, snails and slugs, spider mites, stem rot Special Conditions/Other often discarded after bloom; hybrids from England Origin: hybrids Family: Asteraceae Notes: |
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