General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 60 to 85 degrees
Days to germinate: 7 to 21
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Awards and Recognitions: Other: 1998 Plant Select Winner

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Purple Mountain®
Cultivar name: 'P005S'
Common names
  • African Daisy
  • Cape Daisy
  • Sun Daisy
  • Star of the Veldt
  • Cape Marguerite
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Osteospermum barberae
  • Synonym: Dimorphotheca barberae
Also sold as:
  • Osteospermum barberiae var. compactum 'P005S'

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Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2011-07-16 
Zone 3 hardy; this plant has been wintering over outdoors since p
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-06-18 
Zone 3 hardy; this plant has been wintering over outdoors since p

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: American Fork, Utah
Date: 2012-04-04
At Cascade Shadows Nursery
Location: American Fork, Utah
Date: 2012-04-04
At Cascade Shadows

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

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