Gazania New Day Mix F1 Seeds - Treasure flower

Gazania splendens 'New Day Mix' F1 is a superb collection of hybrid cultivars in a variety of shapes and colours. The large blooms are exceptionally long-lasting, providing interest from May to October. The New Day series boasts more compact, bushier plants with excellent garden performance.

Gazania, commonly known as Treasure Flower, belongs to the Asteraceae family and is native to tropical Africa. The standard variety is golden yellow with an orange central disc, punctuated with black and brown. Although a perennial in its natural habitat, it is generally treated as an annual in colder climates. Fairly low-growing, it reaches a height of 30 cm at most. The basal leaves are coarse, medium green with a silvery grey underside. They form large clumps, topped with multiple stems bearing a solitary capitulum or flower head. 'New Day Mix' is a collection of hybrid cultivars of various shapes and bright colours. Each one features a double row of external ray flowers. Featured colours include bright orange, yellow, white and purple. The base of the ray flowers is marked with purplish brown, surrounding a velvety amber to ochre central disc covered with fluted disc flowers.

Treasure flowers are perfect for adding splashes of colour to borders and summer bedding schemes. They are suitable for edging, along garden paths or slopes, and look great in pots and containers in a veranda or on the patio. They are drought tolerant, and grow in all soils with a preference for sandy, perfectly drained soils. Make sure to provide them with full sun or else the flowers won't open.