Seedman's Gazania Seeds

Gazania Seeds

If you are looking for a showy annual bloom in the sunny garden or the container, something you can just plant and forget about, try growing Gazanias.
The gazania flower, named after the 15th-century Greek-Italian scholar Theodorus of Gaza, is a low maintenance South African annual that will brighten up your hard-to-landscape spaces and butterflies will flock to these prolific summer bloomers.
Gazania plant care does not involve much of anything, other than watering. Although they are drought resistant, expect more and bigger blooms when you water. Even drought resistant flowers benefit from water, but the Gazania takes droughty conditions better than most.

Useful gardening information

Gazania flowers close at night. Deadhead spent blooms when growing Gazanias. Once you've got Gazanias growing, propagate more from basal cuttings. Cuttings can be taken in fall and overwintered indoors, away from freezing temperatures.
The plant from which the cuttings are taken will benefit from this basic Gazania plant care and you can get more plants started. Take several cuttings if you plant to use them in a large area as ground cover. Get the cuttings started in 4-inch pots, in a good quality potting soil. Plant rooted cuttings in spring at 24 to 30 inches apart. Keep watered until plants are established, then water every two weeks throughout summer. Overhead irrigation is acceptable when watering Gazanias.

Start seeds indoors about 10 weeks before the last frost in your area. Cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil and keep them moist throughout the germination and transplant stage. Harden them off and set them outdoors two weeks after the average last frost.

JB240 Splendens Mix

Gazania, or Treasure Flower as it's commonly called, is a hardy little plant that makes a wonderful ground cover. It is covered with large 3 - 4 inch blooms ranging in colors of red, yellow, orange, white and pink. Gazania ground cover plants will bloom 12 weeks after sowing the ground cover seed!
You just can't improve upon these huge blooms, glowing with bright color, that completely cover the small plants. They reach 8 inches tall and spread 10 inches wide. Gazania Treasure Flower has a lot to brag about as a ground cover plant! With large, showy flowers, an early and long bloom season, and ultra-tolerant low, rapidly spreading foliage, you will want to sow the Treasure Flower seeds in your garden!

LET029 New Day Mix

Grow some Gazania seeds for both you and your neighbors! You will both appreciate these sun-loving Gazania plants that bloom profusely and add a wide array of color to flower beds or containers! Also called Treasure Flower, Gazania plants look wonderful grouped in clusters for a mass bedding ground cover or pot Treasure Flowers in hanging baskets or in patio containers.
Gazania is a native of South Africa that is easy and fun to grow. It needs full sun and soil that drains well. Treasure Flowers are known to re-seed, and they bloom profusely from summer through fall in cooler climates and fall, winter and spring in hot climates. This Gazania mix has blooms in solid colors from bright yellow to orange, red, pink and white, or in wild color combinations with splashy stripes or rings of contrasting colors. Grows 9 inches tall.

LET682 Kiss Rose

Offering tremendous visual appeal and continual dependability, Treasure Flowers are readily grown from Gazania seeds. The plants grow quickly and bloom profusely, giving a wonderful color display even in full sun and the heat of summer. Gazania Kiss Rose features a 3 inch rose colored flower. The Treasure Flower plant is compact and will spread about 10 inches making it perfect for the front of the sunny border as well as containers and baskets.

LET683 New Day Orange

This plant is truly a treasure! No wonder is goes by the name of Treasure Flower, and it easily establishes from seeds. Boasts 4 inch orange colored flowers on a compact 12 inch plant which will also spread 12 inches. It is gorgeous when grown as a ground cover plant and quickly fills in an empty area with lovely orange flowers. Also works well in pots on the sunny porch or patio or in window boxes.

LET684 Garden Leader Pink

A popular ornamental flowering plant with a compact growing habit and clumping silvery foliage. Gazania Garden Leader Pink blooms repeatedly all season long, and masses of bright, large, daisy-like, pink flowers with contrasting yellow centers attract bees, and butterflies. Grows 12 inches tall.

LET692 Kiss Orange

Perfect as a ground cover, Gazania ground cover seeds grow quickly and the plants bloom profusely! Boasts 3 inch orange flowers on a compact 10 inch plant which will also spread 10 inches. Gazania flowers are held above the basal foliage, forming a bright carpet of orange when planted as a ground cover plant.

Good plants for the front of sunny garden borders and also perform well as a flowering ground cover when planted in large groups. Because of their heat and drought tolerance, Kiss Gazanias are especially useful near driveways and sidewalks. They also do well in mixed container plantings, pots, baskets and window boxes as well. Gazania are known for closing their flowers at night and on cloudy days, but this Kiss series produces blooms that stay opened more so that you can enjoy them more! Grows 8-10 inches tall.

LET693 Kiss Golden Flame

Gazania Kiss Golden Flame shows exceptional uniformity in plant habit forming low to the ground clumps of dark-green foliage and blooming with large, golden-yellow colored, daisy-like flowers with mahogany centered petals on short, sturdy flower stems. The bold and intense flowers of Kiss Golden Flame Treasure Flower add a lot of drama to a garden, and bees and butterflies are attracted to blooming Gazania. Grows 8-10 inches tall.

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