The listing, ****My Australian Weeds!**** 30+ seeds Gazania Daisy has ended.
My Husband is Australian, and I went there for the first time last fall. At a park near the house, there were all these pretty flowers growing and I started picking a bunch to put in a vase. My husband thought I was crazy. He says, "Babe, those are weeds" LOL True story!
Unfortunately, I couldnt smuggle any home. :(
But I DID find these plants locally this summer, and they are so close to those weeds that they have to be some hybrid of them. Thanks to my fellow Listians, I have learned that the name of this flower is Gazania Daisy. But I just refer to them as my weeds! lol.
There are shades of oranges, yellows, and pinks. Sorry, but I didnt seperate by color. You get what you get. They like full sun, well drained soil, and let dry thouroughly between watering. If you dont dead-head these, they will get fluff like a dandelion and spread seeds everywhere. I tried to show the fluff in pic 3. Sorry, but you will also get some "fluff" in the bag. Having a bit of trouble seperating them. My eyes aren't what they used to be!
Note: The last four pics are NOT from my garden. The 6th and 7th ones I found to show the different colors and approximate look of a full grown plant. I did not plant mine until late july, so they didnt really have a chance to get that big. And I didnt have many good pics of them when they were in bloom. I only took a couple to send to my in-laws in Australia so they could get a laugh over me PLANTING weeds in my garden. lol. The 8th and 9th pictures are ones I took in Australia after my trip to the park to show the simularity. (please ignore the date stamp on these 2. I was using my sons camera and couldn't figure out how to set it correctly. These were taken Aug. 2010.)
Please feel free to ask questions! Happy Bidding!