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 cut flowers sometimes look artificial!

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 petals 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 drought-tolerant plants that grow 14 inches tall.
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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-shape 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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Garden Plans

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Garden Plan to Soften a Fence
Annual Raised-Bed Garden Plan
Easy-Care Cottage Garden

Plant It With

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Dianthus

Osteospermum is pretty but not fragrant. Add sweet scent to your border or container by planting it with dianthus.

Heliotrope

Since osteospermum takes a summer break in many areas, plant it with a heat-loving tropical such as heliotrope to keep the display of color going from spring to fall.

Snapdragon

Most osteospermum varieties have a mounding habit; add interest by planting them with upright snapdragons.

Propagation

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Seed
Stem Cuttings