Brachyscome multifida Fresco Bright Pink - Cut-leaf Daisy

The Brachyscome Fresco™ 'Bright Pink' is a variety of this hardy perennial, grown as an annual in our region. It offers large flowers for its type, vivid dark pink in heads, like small daisies, around a yellow centre. These flowers constantly renew themselves, providing a very long flowering period on a compact and rounded plant. Brachyscome is ideal for hanging baskets or containers, but also works well in garden borders. It prefers a warm and sunny position. It requires a fertile and well-drained soil and tolerates drought fairly well, when planted in the ground.

Brachyscome Fresco 'Bright Pink' is a plant from the large family of Asteraceae. One of its ancestors, Brachyscome multifida, is a herbaceous plant native to Australia. In nature, this species is found on dry, shallow or rocky soils. Theoretically a perennial, this plant only lives for two years, but its rapid growth allows it to be cultivated in our climates as an annual. The 'Bright Pink' variety forms a tall and wide flowering mound of 30cm. It is floriferous and early, and also stands out for its more intense coloration and increased size of its heads. Flowering occurs from May-June to October. The flower heads resemble asters or daisies, measuring 3-4cm, and are carried by thin stems emerging from medium green-grey foliage, divided into segments.

Brachyscomes are part of those very vigorous annuals, champions of long flowering periods, requiring almost no maintenance and little water. They are certainly suitable for container gardening, in beautiful hanging baskets or planters. But they also find their place in the garden, in rockeries or flower beds. They happily coexist with other annuals such as blue Lobelia, Bacopa, and Diascia, allowing for multiple colour combinations.

An ecological asset: Throughout the summer, the melliferous flowers of Brachyscome attract pollinating insects and butterflies to your garden. A good way to improve the ecosystem of your garden and promote fruit and vegetable production in your vegetable patch.