Astra Pink African Daisy


Description

Height: 12 inches

Spread: 12 inches

Hardiness Zone: (annual)

Group/Class: Astra Series

Ornamental Features:

Astra Pink African Daisy is draped in stunning pink daisy flowers at the ends of the stems from early summer to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's spiny narrow leaves remain green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Astra Pink African Daisy is an herbaceous annual bedding plant with a mounded form. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This annual bedding plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep. Trim off the flower heads after they fade and die to encourage more blooms late into the season. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Astra Pink African Daisy is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Container Planting
  • General Garden Use
  • Border Edging
  • Mass Planting
  • Hanging Baskets
  • Rock/Alpine Gardens

Plant Characteristics:

Astra Pink African Daisy will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. Although it's not a true annual, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year.

This annual bedding plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This plant can be propagated by seed.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.


Details

Date Added 2016-11-08
Product Id 10356038