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Yes, the leaves are from the calla lilies. I like to add them, they look interesting and have nice foilage, also they last long.
BC
That's good to know, thanks :) I'd really like to keep these flowers inside over the winter so I can not only plant them in the garden again next year, but enjoy their bright sunny colour over the gloomy winter months.
.......and a florist shop in your house to boot!!!
Wow!! That's just gorgeous!! I just love your garden and all your flowers :) Are those some calla lily leaves in the bouquet??
I was looking up african daisies on the Net last night, and came across some other beautiful colours -- there's a gorgeous fuschia pink one that I'm going to try to find next year. I'll see if I can find the web site again and I'll post the URL.
Love, love, love your daisies. They are awesome and hopefully I'll have some next year. I have a few orange zinnias right now, cut one for my bouquet. Here is a pic :
I read on the Net that if you cut them back, meaning all flowers and seed heads they will bloom again inside in a sunny window. Each branch can be cut backabout 6-8". If you dead head seed pods and wilted blooms they bloom more also.
I know I cut back the wave petunias 2 weeks ago about 6-8" per branch and they are bloomimg like crazy again.
My ISP died on me before I could post my last pic. But at least I had time to go and find the tag -- the official name for this flower is Dimorphotheca
They are beautiful smoodgie, I will for sure buy some next year for front.
Thanks for pics.
Here's a closer look at some daisies....
Here's a pic of the clump of daisies (they started as just one small potted plant):
I found my african daisies at Rona. I bought only one small pot of them, and they're spreading themselves out in the flower bed quite nicely. Guess they're happy where I put them :)
As far as I know, they're an annual, so I'll probably dig up a few before the frost hits and see if I can keep them growing inside till next spring.
I'll take some pics when I get home from work....
Thanks, mine are gerber and they have done better since I put them in the garden from the pots too.
I will look for orange african next year. The monkey flower is sold here but as an annual........
I have some African daisies too but unfortunately no orange (lillac and yellow). They are not doing so well, I moved them from pots in the flower bed where they seem to be happier! Hope you post a pic. I need to find more orange, the mimulus is doing great, next year I'll try a hanging basket with mimulus only, the violas are still looking o.k but I figure their time is counted, maybe I'll take some pics today. It's overcast and on the rainy side - what a surprise - ! I find, the pics turn out nicer when it is not so sunny.
BC
African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Orange Symphony' (Osteospermum hybrid)
Bright orange blooms from early summer till frost.Zone 6b
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Common name: African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum 'Orange Symphony'
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Osteospermum
Species hybrid
I'll take some pics of mine tomorrow -- by the time I got around to getting outside to the garden, they were already closed for the night. Here's a pic from the Net:
that link will not work for me, is there a name to the plant please.
I just did a quick Net search, and I think I found the orange flowers I'm talking about....
http://plantsdatabase.com/t/387679/
Click the picture for a bigger picture.
We were away all weekend and then it was raining (and dark!) when we got home last night, so I haven't had a chance to take a picture yet. I think I know where my flower tags are, so I'll take a look through them tonight and see if I can find the one for these orange flowers. Check back later tonight, and I'll hopefully have some info for you and Lisi and anyone else looking for orange flowers :)