Botanical Name: Gerbera jamesonii
Common Name: Transvaal daisy, Gerbera daisy
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape clumping herbaceous sub-shrub; normally puts out large fleshy leaves from a tight rosette
Height to 2'
Spread to 2'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors half-shade to full sun; full sun preferred
Soil must have excellent drainage
Hardiness some frost: (zones 8, 9, 12-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves spatulate, deep pinnately lobed, to 10" long, hairy, wooly beneath, on petioles to 6" long
Flowers daisy-like, to 4" across; red, white, yellow, pink, orange, some varieties have black centers; blooms year round
Fruit round head of achenes
 
Propagation:
seed, division
 
Usage:
good in containers, for cut flowers, used as a facer, border, or in raised beds; widely grown florist’s specimen
 
Landscape Care:
Watering deep but infrequent watering is best
Fertilizing feed frequently with low nitrogen fertilizer
Pruning remove dead flowers and leaves; can be divided if very large
Pests/Diseases snails and slugs, root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other plant crowns high to prevent rotting
 
Origin: South Africa
Family: Asteraceae

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