Botanical Name: Gazania hybrids
Common Name: Gazania
Type of Plant: dicot: groundcover
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape prostrate, spreading or clumping plants prized for brightly colored daisy flowers; widely variable from tight clumps to rapidly trailing forms; all are hybrids derived from distinct clumping and trailing species
Height 6-12"
Spread 2-10'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun preferred; blooms less in partial shade
Soil prefers well draining soils, tolerates most
Hardiness hardy (zones 8-24); best in warm, sunny locations
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, narrowly obovate-oblong, silver-gray-green, 1-2" long (3"); some varieties spatulate and slightly lobed
Flowers yellow, orange, red, purple, or bronze colored head; solitary on 2-6" stalks; newer varieties have larger flowers, longer blooming season
Fruit tiny achenes
 
Propagation:
division, softwood cuttings, seed
 
Usage:
fast growing ground cover for open, sunny locations – excellent for colorful display on slopes; short lived if heavily watered, excellent seacoast plant; not suitable for erosion control on steep slopes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers occasional deep soak; heavy watering shortens life
Fertilizing balanced in spring
Pruning head back close to ground (3-6") if too leggy
Pests/Diseases root rot when heavily watered, snails, slugs, fungus wilt
Special Conditions/Other limited watering prolongs life of Gazanias
 
Origin: South Africa
Family: Compositae

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