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Glenferness, Midrand

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Dimorphotheca jucundum (was Osteospermum jucundum)

Trailing Mauve Daisy

Creeping daisy which covers banks quickly. Striking in flower and pretty cascading over rocks.

Plant Type:

General Size: small

Flowering Time: spring

Flowering Colour: pink | purple

Specifications: attracts butterflies | birds | container plants | evergreen | fast growing | frost resistant | insect eaters | semi shade | sun | townhouse gardens

Description

This evergreen groundcover grows to 20 x 60cm and is frost resistant and fast growing in the sun or semi-shade. The pink/purple flowers open in Autumn-Spring and attract insect eating birds and is the larval host plant for the Dickson’s opal, Pan opal and the Turner’s Opal butterflies. butterflies. It can be planted into containers or to creeping as it covers quickly. The name is derived from the Greek di = two, morphe=form, theka=a fruit referring to the two different shaped fruit . Striking in flower and also looks pretty cascading over rocks.