Re: Unknown plant

Thanks Sean
It is indeed a 'Sunbather' Gazania called 'Sunset Jane'.So it looks like
they are now also availble in Portugal. I can send a picture.
Wim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean A. O'Hara" <sean@support.net>
To: <wimvanputten@mail.telepac.pt>
Cc: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: Unknown plant


> At 05:47 AM 2/3/2004, you wrote:
> >At the moment a plant flowers in the garden with  brown (orange) flowers.
> >De plant and leaves looks like a gazania but the flowers are completely
> >filled and  look like a chrysanthemum as bought in a flowershop.
> >Any suggestions?
> >Wim
> >Algarve Portugal
> >The best winter sofar
>
> Wim -
>
> I wonder if you do indeed have a Gazania - there is a new series of double
> flowered cultivars call 'Sunbathers'.  They are being marketed in New
> Zealand and perhaps elsewhere (I am not sure if they are in California
> yet).  The flowers would suggest a chrysanthemum, and there is a cultivar
> that is the amber orange/brown that you mention (called 'Sunset
> Jane').  You might check the picture here to see if they are the same:
> http://www.sunbatherdaisies.co.nz/
>
> We've had a double yellow Gazania here in California for a while now, more
> fully double rather than the sort of double 'anemone' form of the
> Sunbathers series mentioned above.
>
> Gazanias are great plants and easy to grow.  The only mistake people make
> with them is relying on them to completely carpet the ground and keep out
> weeds - they do not really do this well, tending to leave open areas
> throughout their growth.  They do combine well with other matt-like,
> drought tolerant ground covers such Frankenia laevis and Herniaria glabra,
> both being a rich green that compliments the gray-green Gazania foliage
and
> sets off the flowers.
>
> Regards,
> Seán O.
>
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