General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 12 - 18 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Purple
White
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 60 to 85F
Days to germinate: 7 to 21
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • African Daisy
  • Cape Marguerite
  • Van Staden's River Daisy
  • Sundays River Daisy
  • Star of the Veldt
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Osteospermum ecklonis
  • Synonym: Dimorphotheca ecklonis

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Location: Orange County, California
Date: 2023-03-04
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-03-18
Location: San Diego
Date: 2014-03-18
Once in seven years event, this one flower had a few white petals
Location: Barcelona, Spain |April, 2023 (uploaded. This image is much older)
Date: 2023-04-03

Date: 2024-03-10
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: Orange County, California
Date: 2023-03-04
Location: Botanical garden of Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: My backyard
Date: April 10, 2010
Purple Osteospermum

Date: April 10, 2010
African Daisy
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2017-06-11
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-05-10

credit: Alves Gaspar
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11
Location: Botanical garden of Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Botanical garden of Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Botanical garden of Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11
Comments:
  • Posted by plantladylin (Sebastian, Florida - Zone 10a) on Dec 2, 2011 11:26 PM concerning plant:
    Osteospermum ecklonis is a great ornamental plant. I love all of the colors but I think the purple is my all-time favorite. Cape Daisies are wonderful planted in a bed as a single color massed together, or in groups of mixed colors. I've grown them in my garden for the past ten years as well as in containers on the patio.
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