How to Grow Transvaal Daisy (Gerbera Jamesonii)
Gerbera daisies come in bright colors - shades of orange, red and yellow - and make a splash in the summer sun in containers or in the garden.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Bypass Pruners
- Compost Makers
- Fertilizers
- Garden Trowels
- Mulch
- Plants
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Choosing Transvaal Daisy
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Look for plants at nurseries year-round - usually inside the greenhouse at the nursery.
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Buy Gerbera daisies in 6-inch to 1-gallon containers.
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Choose healthy-looking plants with signs of new growth in leaves and flower buds.
Planting Transvaal Daisy
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Plant Gerbera daisies in containers or in the garden in full sun and well-drained soil.
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Add a light application of organic fertilizer to the planting hole.
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Place the plants no deeper than they were when growing in containers.
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Set the plants 1 foot apart.
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Mulch around but not on top of the plant with 3 inches of organic compost.
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Water well until soil is completely moist.
Caring for Transvaal Daisy
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Cut off spent flowers at the base of their stems using scissors.
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Fertilize weekly with half-strength liquid fertilizer (half of what the package recommends) in water every other week in spring and summer.
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Water well until the soil is completely moist; do this weekly or when the soil surface is dry to the touch.
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Dig up plants, and pot them up to bring indoors for the winter; or treat the plants as annuals, and buy new ones each year.
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Comments
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we have poor sandy soil and the gerberas just keep on coming up..they are totally neglected and still they keep coming up everywhere....so we just let them go.
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gwenslillamb
Apr 09, 2009
I love Gerbera Daisy's and no matter what I do, they don't last. I have done everything by the book, and no matter what, they die. I end up buying more each yr. Could it be that I don't have a green thumb?!!
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gwenslillamb
Apr 09, 2009
I love Gerbera Daisy's and no matter what I do, they don't last. I have done everything by the book, and no matter what, they die. I end up buying more each yr. Could it be that I don't have a green thumb?!!
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duckhead
Nov 17, 2008
I am new to growing gerber daisies and have one in a three gallon container that I purchased in the spring. In Mississippi the humdity and heat can be stifling so I put mine in a north west corner that receives no direct sunlight. The flowers were short lived but the foliage thrived as the summer progressed. Much to my surprise, I found five new flowers last week and I was told they will not bloom in the late fall. I intend to keep mine as a perienial and bring it in the house this winter when the tempature dictates.
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duckhead
Nov 17, 2008
I am new to growing gerber daisies and have one in a three gallon container that I purchased in the spring. In Mississippi the humdity and heat can be stifling so I put mine in a north west corner that receives no direct sunlight. The flowers were short lived but the foliage thrived as the summer progressed. Much to my surprise, I found five new flowers last week and I was told they will not bloom in the late fall. I intend to keep mine as a perienial and bring it in the house this winter when the tempature dictates.
