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Berkheya purpurea |
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| | second-year bloom |
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| | first-year bloom |
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| | Cool fuzzy new growth from the center of the rosette |
Thistly taprooted plant with purple daisy flowers in summer. I was afraid we'd see nothing but leaves, because some sources say it's not hardy here - but luckily, it bloomed in August of its first year. Purple daisies, rather nice. We didn't get much of a show that first year, and didn't see any sign of the plants through mid-May of the following year - so I had resigned to growing this as an annual, and was watching the progress of new seedlings, when sometime in June I noticed that the original plants had returned after all. Better yet, they developed quickly, blooming in early July. What was coolest, though, was how the flowers are carried on long, thin, spiny-ridged stalks, giving them a dragonesque appeal.
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| | Still going strong in early November, after several overnight freezes have killed off many tender plants. |
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| | I like the look of the plants in early June, making impressive mounds of silvery-green prickly leaves |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: side garden, big pond One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Berkheya purpurea
Some particularly helpful links to other websites | Plantzafrica | cultivation information, description, and photos |
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| sparklebridie | Jul 26, 2009 | Great pictures of Berkheya Pirpurea I bought it at a car boot sale had no idea
what it would look like thought it was a thistle. |
- Seed from '06 trade. Baggy 70F (70%G, 9d)
- Seed from '06 trade and from '07 garden. Baggy 70F (80%('06) and 7%('07) G, 7d)
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