Gazania, Treasure Flower

Gazania, Treasure Flower 

Species: Gazania ringens, Gazania splendens

This tough plant endures poor soil, baked conditions, and drought beautifully and still produces bold-color, daisy like flowers to all spring.  

It also known as Treasure Flower. The unreal, vividly colored flowers of this South African plant bring a touch of the exotic to the garden. Excellent for sun-baked sites with dry soil. 

Gazania 'Daybreak Red Stripe' bears golden-yellow flowers with a bold stripe running down each petal. It grows 10 inches tall.

Gazania 'Daybreak Tiger Stripes Mix' bears yellow, pink, orange, and cream flowers with a contrasting band down each petal. It grows 10 inches tall.

 Gazania is grown as an annual elsewhere and blooms from mid-summer to frost. A spring plant often grown as an annual, gazania bears boldly colored daisy-shaped flowers from summer to frost. The flowers appear over toothed dark green or silver leaves (the foliage color differs between varieties). They're great in beds and borders and containers, too.

Gazania 'Daybreak Red Stripe' bears golden-yellow flowers with a bold stripe running down each petal. It grows 10 inches tall.

Gazania 'Talent Mix' offers blooms in shades of cream, pink, orange, and yellow over fuzzy gray-green foliage.

 A typical daisy like flower up to about 10cm across, they are commonly banded with a dark zone around the central disc. Some types may have linear petal strips also. Colours vary from white, cream, yellow, gold, orange to the very dark reds, pale to dark lilac variations are possible also. Flowers are produced on stems up to 25cm in length, these close in the evening or on dark overcast days. Leaves turn upwards at night. Plants require high light for the flowers to open.

Gazania 'Kiss White' offers lots of creamy-white flowers all summer long over dark green leaves.

Gazania 'Talent Mix' offers blooms in shades of cream, pink, orange, and yellow over fuzzy gray-green foliage.

Growing Gazania

Light:                           Sun

Type:                           Annual

Height:                         Under 12 inch

Width:                          To 1 feet wide

Flower Color:              Orange, Pink, Red, White, Yellow

Seasonal Features:     Fall Bloom, Summer Bloom

Problem Solvers:        Drought Tolerant, Groundcover

Special Features:        Attracts Birds, Good for Containers, Low Maintenance

Gazania 'Kiss White' offers lots of creamy-white flowers all summer long over dark green leaves.

Hope you enjoy the beauty!!

Happy Gardening and Always Live your Passion!!

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Summer Sizzler - 4. Cosmos Sulphureus (Orange cosmos, Yellow cosmos)

It’s been hotter and hotter in Gurgaon and plant’s will die if we don’t take extra care this time. 

Are there any plants that thrive in these conditions and will beautify your gardens all summer? Of course, they are! 

I am back with my Summer Sizzlers series which I have started last year. 

Here is the fourth one of Great Summer Sizzlers series. Plant it and be cool all summer along.

 1. Cosmos Sulphureus (Common Name: Orange cosmos, Yellow cosmos)

Lacy foliage and silky flowers give an airy touch to the garden from midsummer to frost. Wonderful for cutting. Tolerates poor soil, heat and humidity. Easy to grow. Grows best in full sun. The flowers of all Cosmos attract birds and butterflies. Proven tops for performance and adaptability. 

Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Orange' bears many double orange flowers that are great for cutting. It grows 12 inches tall.

Cosmos sulphureus bears orange, yellow, or red flowers and finely divided foliage.

The orange yellow cosmos is becoming increasingly popular for its ease of growth, spectacular flowers and attractiveness to butterflies. Orange/ Yellow cosmos has rich green feathery foliage that is coarser than that of the common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) but is just as pretty. 

Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Yellow' is a compact selection with double yellow flowers over dark green foliage. It grows 12 inches tall.

Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Yellow' is a compact selection with double yellow flowers over dark green foliage. It grows 12 inches tall.

Depending on variety and conditions, yellow cosmos will grow anywhere from 1 to 7 ft in height. Whatever the height, each plant will produce quantities of solitary, bowl-shaped yellow to orange flowers that are 2-3 in (in diameter).

• Botanical Name: Cosmos Sulphureus
• Common Name: Cosmos, Orange Cosmos, Yellow Cosmos
• Family name: Asteraceae
• Plant type: Half-hardy Annual, originating from Mexico.
• Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Red 
• Light: Flowering is best in full sun, although partial shade is tolerated
• Flowering Season: Summer Bloom, Fall Bloom
• Propagation: By seed
• Special Feature: Attracts Birds, Cut Flowers, Good for Containers, Low Maintenance

Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Orange' bears many double orange flowers that are great for cutting. It grows 12 inches tall.

 'Bright Lights' is a popular collection of single and double selections in colors that range from bright canary yellow to orange to a beautiful dark mahogany. Cosmos sulphureous is native to Mexico.   

Hope you enjoy the beauty!!

Happy Gardening and Always Live your Passion!!

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Red Flower Plants for Your Garden

Put Some Passion in Your Garden!

Put Some Passion in Your Garden!

Put Some Passion in Your Garden!

Red Flowering Plants - Put Some Passion in Your Garden! - See more at: http://www.plantdelights.com/Red-Flowering-Plants-for-sale/Red-Flowering-Plants/Red-Flowered-Plants/#sthash.K8B1cSsD.dpuf

Red Flowering Plants - Put Some Passion in Your Garden!
From ruby to strawberry, from port to merlot, from blood to fire, from scarlet to vermillion, the color red is the color of passion, danger, and beauty. What better color could you choose for an exciting garden than red flowering plants?

Here is a short list of the best red flowering plants at Plant Delights Nursery
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Red Flowering Plants - Put Some Passion in Your Garden!
From ruby to strawberry, from port to merlot, from blood to fire, from scarlet to vermillion, the color red is the color of passion, danger, and beauty. What better color could you choose for an exciting garden than red flowering plants?

Here is a short list of the best red flowering plants at Plant Delights Nursery - See more at: http://www.plantdelights.com/Red-Flowering-Plants-for-sale/Red-Flowering-Plants/Red-Flowered-Plants/#sthash.K8B1cSsD.dpuf

Red flowering Plants - Put Some Passion in Your Garden

From Dahlia to scarlet, the color red is the color of passion and beauty. What better color could you choose for an existing garden than red flowering plants.

Red flowers draw attention to the garden. A big, bold planting of all red can practically stop traffic! Red flowers pair beautifully with orange and yellow, as well as white. 

Here is a short list of best red flowering plants at Gurgaon Garden.

Dahlia - From charming little front-of-the-border annuals to massive plants with flowers bigger than your head, dahlias can be counted on to make a statement in the garden.

Strawflower - Enjoy summer's flowers into fall by growing this brightly colored charmer that dries right on the plant.This easy-to-grow, sun-loving annual heralds from Australia and is a great pick for hot, dry sites.

Verbena - Verbena is a spreading plant ideal for cascading over retaining walls, pots, baskets, and window boxes. As log as the soil is extremely well drained, verbena will reward gardeners with countless clusters of small blooms all season.

Rose - Garden roses are predominantly hybrid roses that are grown as ornamental plants in private or public gardens. They are one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants, especially in temperate climates. 

Gazania - This tough plant endures poor soil, baked conditions, and drought beautifully and still produces bold-color, daisy like flowers from all spring. They're great in beds and borders and containers, too.

Celosia - Celosia A topnotch cut flower, celosia also dries well, making it a favorite of crafters who like to make dried flower arrangements. If you don't have the heart to cut it, celosia is a great garden plant that reliably blooms all summer long.

Petunia - Petunias are fail proof favorites for gardeners everywhere. They are vigorous growers and prolific bloomers from mid-spring through late fall.

Sweet William - Sweet William is a species of Dianthus native to parts of Asia. It grows to 30–75 cm tall, with flowers in a dense cluster of up to 30 at the top of the stems and have a spicy, clove-like scent. Each flower is 2–3 cm diameter with five petals displaying serrated edges. Wild plants produce red flowers with a white base.

Salvia - Named 'Scarlet sage' because it is most commonly found in scarlet colour though it comes in other colours like pink, cream, purple and blue. It is a hardy variety which can grow as tall as 40 inches but now a days dwarf varieties are very popular with the garden lovers which grow no more than 15 inches in height. The foliage is dark green, heart shaped, pointed at tips and serrated at the edges. The flowers tower over the foliage on long terminal spikes. 

Flaming Katy - Kalanchoes are succulent plants with flat, glossy, green leaves. Kalanchoes will also bloom with small pretty flowers in shades of reds. The small flowers are grouped in tightly paced flowerheads borne on long stems. Each head has between 20 - 50 flowers. Will thrive outdoors in frost-free areas. Ideal container or indoor plant.

Amaryllis Lily - These plants are popularly but erroneously known as Amaryllis, which is an African genus, in the same family. Some flowers have uniform colors or patterns on all six petals while others have more pronounced colors on the upper petals than on the lower ones.

Scarlet Flax - Scarlet flax is a wildflower that is indigenous to North Africa and Southern Europe, but has become naturalized in other desert areas. It can be grown successfully in all regions in India. Each solitary scarlet bloom only lasts about a day, but new blooms are produced serially for a continuous presence amidst foliage only a foot or so high. 

Of course, there are plenty more where those came from. When you are ready to buy red flowering plants for your garden, check online list for red flowering plants.

Hope you enjoy the beauty!!

Happy Gardening and Always Live your Passion!!

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