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| Scientific name | Gazania rigens var. leucolaena |
| Common name | Gazania |
| Temperature requirement | 25-35 °C |
| Humidity | 40-50% |
| Light | full sun |
| Watering | water everyday &keep moist |
| Pests | Aphids, mealybugs, and spider mites |
| Pet friendliness | Not hazardous |
| Maximum plant height | 40 cm |
| Potting mix | potting soil/Red soil/manure/perlite |
| Pot requirement | Good drainage&repot every 1-2 years |
| Nutrition | Apply Manure for first 15 days and NPK for next 15 days |
| Pruning & training | Remove dead & diseased leaves with sterile shears |
| Flower color & season | yellow in March – June |
| Description | This is the toughest Gazania variety surviving frost, salinity and drought. These characteristics make it well adaptable to various habitats in its homeland, South Africa, but also in gulf regions, where it is a very dependable groundcover. Although resistant to dry soil, it appreciates frequent watering in gritty soil that allows good drainage. It needs a place in full sun where the flowers open during the day to close at dusk. Bright yellow flowers appear most prolifically from spring to summer, and occasionally in other seasons. Only few plants produce as glorious a show of colour as this Treasure Flower every year, under the most adverse circumstances. The plants creep moderately quickly with sparsely branched stems reaching some 40 cm in length. Its alternate leaves are about 10 cm long and 3 cm wide with an obovate shape. The name leucolaena is derived from the Greek word for a white cloak, referring to the tomentose leaves. It makes an ideal groundcover in a rockery, but its silvery foliage also contrasts well in mixed borders and beddings with massed plantings. On top and underneath, the leaves are woolly hairy. After some years, this Gazania sometimes sheds older leaves at the base and needs either hard pruning to regrow, or otherwise the entire plant needs replacement. Some cultivars have been selected with an even more prolific floral display such as ‘Sunglow’ and ‘Yellow Star’. Treasure Flowers grow readily from seed sown in early spring. Cultivars are better propagated by division or cuttings both in spring or autumn. |
Additional information
| Flower Color | orange, pink, yellow |
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