Osteospermum

Osteospermum adds instant cheer to spring and fall gardens with its colorful, daisy-shape flowers and dark green foliage. The blooms are wonderful for cutting and appear in a wide range of colors. In fact, it's such a striking plant that sometimes when people see it cut in a vase they can't believe it's real!

The plant does best in full sun or part shade and moist, well-drained soil. It likes cool weather, so in hot summer areas, it blooms best in spring and fall. Though grown as an annual in most parts of the country, it is perennial in Zones 10-11.

Light:

Sun, Part Sun

Plant Type:

Annual

Plant Height:

1-3 feet tall

Plant Width:

1-2 feet wide

Landscape Uses:

Containers, Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Flowers, Cut Flowers, Attracts Butterflies, Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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Flower Power Spider White osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Flower Power Spider White') shows off an abundance of daisy-shape blooms with unique spoon-shape petals. It grows 14 inches tall.
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Mara osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Mara') produces large blooms of apricot-tan that blend to a beautiful soft pink at the center. This compact selection grows 10 inches tall.
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Peach Symphony osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Peach Symphony') bears soft, peachy-coral flowers in spring and fall on 14-inch-tall drought-tolerant plants.
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Serenity Lavender Frost osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Serenity Lavender Frost') bears white flowers with a lavender-purple center on 14-inch-tall plants.
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Serenity Purple osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Serenity Purple') bears rich purple flowers on mounding plants that grow 14 inches tall.
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Sideshow Copper Apricot osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Sideshow Copper Apricot') bears soft apricot-orange flowers with a purple blush on a mounding, 1-foot-tall plant.
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Soprano Compact Purple osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Soprano Compact Purple') bears purple flowers on drought tolerant, compact plants that grow only 10 inches tall.
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Soprano Vanilla Spoon osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Soprano Vanilla Spoon') bears white flowers with spoon-shaped petals on drought-tolerant, 2-foot-tall plants.
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Sunny Dark Florence osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Sunny Dark Florence') bears orange flowers on a 12-inch-tall plant.
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Yellow Symphony osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Yellow Symphony') bears golden-yellow flowers with purple centers on drought-tolerant, 14-inch-tall plants.
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Zion Plum Osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Zion Plum') is a strong-growing selection with blue-purple flowers in spring and fall. It grows 12 inches tall.
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Zion Sun Yellow osteospermum

(Osteospermum 'Zion Sun Yellow') is a vigorous selection with yellow flowers in spring and fall. It grows 12 inches tall.
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