If you want to decorate your garden with bright, colorful and at the same time unpretentious flowers, plant on your site a representative from fabulous Africa - gatsaniyu. In the gazanii many varieties and several names. It is also called ghazania or African chamomile.
This wonderful flower quickly acclimatized in our latitudes. African chamomile is a perennial plant in its historic homeland, but in our area it is grown for one year. The life span of a gazania depends on the quality care of it, but even experienced gardeners are not always able to save the plant.
Often the flower gazania does not survive the winter, because it is not resistant to cold. But there is a solution: at the end of the summer, you need to dig a plant out of the open ground and transplant it into a pot. In addition, it is necessary to select the gatsanyu, taking into account the specifics of the species for the garden.
Did you know? Gatsania can be found not only in the garden. It is grown in pots, in flowerbeds, on the street, in rockeries, open cafes and even along city streets. It depends on the type of gazanii.Gatsania combines well with most flowers and ornamental plants. Due to its small height (no more than 30 cm), it is planted in hanging pots. The palette of colors gatsanii - from soft pastel tones to bright and catchy.
Domestic varieties of African chamomile turned out due to the crossing of wild species. Several representatives of the hybrid gazania have similar petals. Also, thanks to the efforts of breeders, a kind of flower with double petals appeared. But it has its drawbacks - this species does not give seeds and reproduces only by cuttings.
Important! Gatsaniyu can immediately be planted in vases, in the warm season to put them in the open air, and with the onset of cold weather bring them into the room.Consider the most popular varieties of gazania and a description of their species.
Gatsania snow white
This kind of gazania has leaves with a white edge. They form a dense outlet, solid at the base and with peduncles in the center.
White African daisy belongs to one of the main places in the garden, as it constantly pleases the eye with its dazzling whiteness. Snow-white gatsaniya often used in the design of borders and flower beds. It is unpretentious in care and blooms for a long time.
Did you know? Gazania will look good if you plant it together with other plants, for example, in the garden in front of the bushes, on the supporting walls. You can also use this flower as bright blotches in lawn compositions. Gatsania gets on well with other plants, and cut flowers will perfectly decorate any bouquet.
Gazania single flower
This species reaches 10-15 cm in height, has creeping stems, long leaves of changeable form, bare from above and with white down from below except for the central vein. Inflorescences are light yellow, reaching 5 cm in diameter. This type of gazania blooms from mid-July to September. At this time, it looks like a beautiful bright carpet.
Gatsania peacock
Single-flowered and feathery forms of the snow-white gazania were not widely spread in our country, but peacock gatsania and its varieties are very popular.
This species has a very short stem, narrow leaves, reaching up to 20 cm in length, above they are green with a hard edge, and below are white. Gatsania peacock has large inflorescences reaching 8 cm in diameter, yellow tubular flowers with a bright orange tongue and a black spot. This species of African chamomile blooms from mid-July to late August.
Gazania long-rifle
This species of African chamomile reaches 15-20 cm. The stems spread, the leaves are slightly cut, green above, bottom with a white edge. The inflorescence reaches 7 cm in diameter, the flowers are yellow tubular, golden, reed with a brown base. Long-rifle gazania bloom begins at the end of summer and lasts almost until winter.
Important! With the onset of heat before transplanting gazanii bushes into open soil, shoots need to be shortened by half.
Gatsania brilliant
This is the most elegant and beautiful African camomile species. Gatsania brilliant is very noticeable and immediately strikes the eye, especially if it blooms in the garden. The main feature of this species is the bud, which opens only when sunlight appears. The rest of the time, the buds of the brilliant gatsania are closed.
Gazania linear
This kind of flower forms a rosette of beautifully carved leaves with a felt edge at the bottom. Flowers are large, bright colors with contrasting spots and stripes on the petals. Gatsaniya linear blooms until frost, she loves the light and is resistant to drought.
Best of all this species grows on light, loose and fertile soil. Seeds need to be sown on seedlings in March. Sowing sprinkle a layer of wet sand. Shoots will appear in two to four weeks. In open ground gazania linear planted in May.
Gatsania Cirrus
This type of flower got its name due to pinnately dissected leaves. Some plants may have shovel leaves. The stem of the cirrus gazanii reaches 20 cm in length. Flowers - reed, orange with a dark spot at the base. They form inflorescences in the form of baskets.
