Gazania rigens
Water Needs
low
Groundcover
Trailing Gazania
20 x 40 cm
Size
Light Conditions
sun
Frost
hardy
Flowers
yellow; white; August - March; winter spring summer autumn
Garden Situation
sun; slope bank; windy and exposed; walls; paving; dry soils; sandy soils; roof gardens; rockery gravel gardens; wildlife insects butterfly host
Habitat
fynbos; hot dry; urban streets; coastal eastern cape; coastal kzn; urban streets
Region
western cape; thicket; succulent karoo
Rain Season
winter; summer
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Description
I love this groundcover, both the green and grey-leaved varieties. Many see the trailing Gazanias as just an old standby, to use where nothing else will. It is tough; I’ve seen it flower for much of the year in hot, humid climates, scrambling with happy intent to fill the available space, and thrive in the dry, shallow soils of a traffic circle where it shrugs off car fumes, and the daily muck kicked up from the roadside. And still, the cheerful yellow or cream daisies keep on showing up for your pleasure. There will be the odd bare spot as a section dies off; simply pop in another plant and the gap will soon be filled. The only soil the Gazanias do not relish is clay.