African Daisy

Don’t get dazy with daisies.

African daisies are flowering plants from the sunflower and daisy family, Calenduleae and include approximately 50 species.
African daisies are also known as South African, Cape or blue eyed daisies.
The scientific name of the African daisy is Osteospermum and all plants in this species are perennials although they do not like freezing conditions.
The scientific name of the African daisy, Osteospermum, comes from the Greek and Latin words ‘osteon’, meaning bone, and ‘spermum’, meaning seed.
African daisies have white, cream, pink, purple, mauve or yellow flowers

The perennial African daisies, Osteospermum, are often confused with the annual, Dimorphotheca, which have a more orange and yellow flower colour range.
African daisies are native to Africa.
Some cultivars of the African daisy have fascinating spoon shaped petals.
African daisies thrive in sunny and warm habitats.
New species of the African daisy are still been discovered.