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Hardy osteospermum
Steve the Gardening Vet
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Any suggestions for varieties?
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Steve the Gardening Vet
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I suspect my problem might be finding them!
Easy to strike from cuttings. Do you know anyone local you can beg a cutting from?
Our neighbour has one but it is a very pale pink and I'll grab a chunk of that but I hoped to have something flashy too!
Photonic Red robin ? Evergreen
I have just bought Photinia pink marble. It was from Morrison's £3-50 : it is hardy , attractive colourful leaves, some leaves have a very deep burgundy shade , rather than the pink .
I have red robin and pink marble, I am looking for hardy and low growing heavy flowerers.
Evergreen even better, so I will open this up to other suggestions!
My pink geranium has stayed green almost all winter and has been blooming for a while now. Cut back it will bloom all year.
I have grown loads of Osteospermum from seeds this year, dont know if they will be hardy because I pulled all the mother plants up in autumn, as they finished flowering.
I find they can go leggy and woody so would rather have new plants every year.
They were blue and white, Sky and Ice I think they were called.
Where is 'down here' Verdun?
Steve I'm in Scotland and get a 'short' summer and never predictable weather. Lots of rain and wind. I can't remember which osteospermum I have but they are white with navy blue in the centre. They've been in the garden for 4 years and have had harsh weather. I leave the foliage until about March then cut them to a couple of inches above the soil and they absolutely bounce back every year - same size blooms from about mid-June and last until late autumn and often into winter.
My favourites were a bright stunning rusty colour but they didn't survive a year outside. In fact they disappeared into the ground the first autumn and I never saw them again.
I also have a mixed basket large square container which 4 years ago had really good compost and leafmould. The oteos in there were a dark lilac and shiny dark yellow. They have also lasted 4 years outside in what must now be mediocre compost. I've never fed them - just watered when they come up and lots of leaves spring up.