They say the flowers on the African daisy look like fake flowers or dyed flowers. The colors are exceptionally vibrant and eye-catching and come in pinks, purples, whites, yellows, and some multi-color combinations of these colors. The blooms on most varieties will start in mid-spring, with the peak being late spring to early summer.
The six most popular daisy types are coneflowers, gerbera daisies, Shasta and Bellis daisies, African daisies, gloriosa daisies and marguerites. Within each group, there are many varieties to choose from. Everybody loves daisy flowers, but with 20,000 varieties, it will be difficult to choose the one that’s perfect for you and your garden….
Are daisies spring flowers?
The Marguerite Daisy is a perennial shrub native to the Spanish canary Islands but has also been naturalized in the US and Italy. It flowers in summer and spring in beautiful shades of white, yellow, and pink. Monoptilon Bellidiforme, Daisy Desertstar has bright green leaves covered with bristly white hairs.
What do African daisies look like?
Growing African Daisy plants beautify your garden in more than one way. The daisy looks similar the world over and a multitude of varieties exist, indigenous to most continents. The petals resemble rays of sunshine and form a disc shape. The flat petals create a flower similar in shape to a sunflower.
African daisy is a perennial in the warm climates of USDA plant hardiness zone 9 or 10 and above, depending on the variety. Otherwise, the plant is grown as an annual.
What flower looks like a daisy?
The cosmos, often called the Mexican aster, is another daisy look-alike flower. Similar to the dahlia, the cosmos blooms summer through the fall with blooms in shades of yellow, white, pink, magenta, orange, red, and browns. Not quite as tall as the statuesque dahlia, cosmos top out around 6 feet.
African Daisy The Ravers ‘Pumpkin Pie’ (Arctotis ‘Pumpkin Pie’) With velvety bright and deep red, perfectly arranged petals with straight ribs along them, a ring of yellow quiffs around the disk and then a dark blue to black center, I am sure you will appreciate the striking effect this flower can have in your garden!