Gazania, sometimes called treasure flower, is a perennial, sometimes treated as an annual. Gazanias are daisy-like flowers in pink, gold, bronze, or white with a yellow contrasting eye. There are two basic types of Gazania: clumping and trailing (see below). Clumping gazanias can be used as temporary fillers between young growing shrubs and a replaceable…
Felicia, commonly called blue marguerite, is a perennial commonly grown as an annual. Blue marguerite forms a bushy clump of small dark green leaves and a mass of yellow-eyed blue flowers from summer to fall. Felicia is a good choice for window boxes, baskets, and containers. Felicia is grown for its mass of flower heads….
Bergenia is commonly grown for its glossy decorative foliage and early spring flowers. Leaves are rounded or spoon-shaped and sometimes change to a shade of red and purple in autumn and winter. Bell-shaped flowers that are pink, mauve, red, or white grow in loose clusters above or among the foliage. Bergenia is hardy, but early…
Columbine–botanical name Aquilegia–has bell-shaped flowers reminiscent of daffodils with the addition of showy spurs. Columbine flowers appear in pastels, deep shades, and white. Foliage is lacy and reminiscent of maidenhair fern. This is one of the most valuable of hardy perennials for its exquisite, durable, lobed foliage which often turns to rich colors in autumn,…
Leucanthemum is a genus of annuals and perennials that bear daisy-like flowers. The genus includes Shasta daisies and the commonly grown bedding plant Leucanthemum paludosum widely known as Chrysanthemum paludosum and also oxeye daisies Shasta Daisy, Leucanthemum x superbum, is an upright perennial with large white, or sometimes yellow, daisy-like flowers that appear from mid-summer…
Iberis–commonly called candytuft–is a garden favorite. The compact umbel heads of short-spiked cover the low-spreading plant during the bloom season. There is both annual and perennial candytuft. Both have green, fine-textured foliage and are trouble-free. Perennial Iberis has white flowers. Annual Iberis has white, pink, rosy red, scarlet, violet, and purple flowers. The annual types…
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