Unit Description: 50 Plants / Tray
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| Family: | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus: | Gazania |
| Cultivar: | Blackberry Ripple |
Category: | SUMMER PATIO FLOWERING |
Current Availability:
4 Tray/s Available
Description
The foliage is blue-grey and flowers have cream and pink background with purple stripes protruding from the golden eye.
Height / Spread / Trail
30 x 25cm
Flowering Time
May - October
Possible Situation
Best situated in a tub, bowl or window box where the flowers can be seen. The vibrancy of the flower colours will bring any display to life.
Ideal Conditions
Prefers full sun, or partial shade with free-draining soil or compost.
Temperature Tolerance
To keep this plant over winter it must be kept in a frost free area.
Suggested pot sizes to transplant plugs : 11cm : 1 Litre
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