Daisy - Trade Winds™ Light Purple

Backyard Garden annuals  


Daisy - Trade Winds™ Light Purple

The Daisy Trade Winds™ Light Purple (PP16,337), 'Osteospermum hybrid', has beautiful lavender flowers with a purple center. They’ll produce prolific flowers from spring right through fall. They’re heat-tolerant, so they won’t shy away from hot summer conditions and full sun. As a matter of fact, the Tradewinds™ series was bred for heat resistance and good growth habit. Daisy's require a sunny spot with fertile, well-drained soil and should be kept well watered in the summer. Daisy's may be used as a cut flower and they are excellent in window boxes, pots, and rock gardens. The daisy is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds, plus they are resistant to deer. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage additional blooming. In warmer zones this plant can also be a perennial. ... more

 

Strawflower -Sundaze ® White The Strawflower Sundaze ® White Strawflower, 'Bracteantha bracteata', a Proven Winners plant, is an upright, ever blooming plant that produces white flowers all season long. They are very heat tolerant, and are a standout in combinations. Strawflower has thin, lance shaped, grayish green leaves that may reach a length of 5 inches. The flowers are held on sandpapery, hollow, branching stems. Use strawflower in annual beds, borders and as cut flowers. Strawflower is the everlasting flower of choice for dried floral arrangements. The papery bracts dry beautifully without losing their color or shape, and they last indefinitely. Strawflower are also commonly called everlasting daisy or golden everlasting. For zones 9-11, this plant can also be a perennial.

Daisy - Trade Winds™ Light Purple