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Gerbera jamesonii |
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| | Revolution series |
| Common name |
gerbera daisy; Transvaal daisy |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
tender perennial (Z8-10) |
| Flowers |
various colors |
| Size |
16" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
Cheerful bedding plant, a favorite of grocery store florist departments because it looks so cute and vibrant in a pot. Large flowers rise on stems well above the foliage. As one of its common names suggests, it hails from South Africa, as do many other tender daisies. We've grown various cultivars through the years, usually ones we planted in the garden after receiving them as a gift – most recently, Amy got a red-flowering one in the Revolution series from a graduating third-grader in her class, so it's now providing an excellent counterpoint to the bright yellow of some marguerite daisies in our back-fence border. They may be perennial, but even when they survive winter they don't return to their first-year vigor. I'm still waiting for a yellow-flowered one from last year to put on any new growth since it pushed up some leaves in early spring. Eventually, that one did start flowering, and kept going throughout the year. The following spring, both plants started blooming in the second half of March, the red one more eyepopping than ever.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back fence border About my plant portraits
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