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African Daisy Osteospermum 'Purple Sun' x 6 Plug Plants
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A gorgeous combination of apricot and lilac, just like the colours of a twilight sky in summer, the daisy-like flowers of Osteospermum 'Purple Sun' will fill your garden with fiery colour.
From spring to autumn, the uniform, compact plants make the perfect variety for garden borders, mass plantings and other container displays where their abundant heads of bloom will fill your pots much more than traditional varieties and will attract bees and butterflies into your garden.
The wonderful combination of colours are the perfect summer combination and their daisy-like blooms are produced in profusion. Ideal for containers and borders, osteos are sun lovers and grow best in moist, well-drained soil.
Easy to grow 'Purple Sun' will tolerate light frost as well as heat and drought and need very little in the way of aftercare. Supplied as 6 x plug plants, ready to pot up and grow on before planting out.
- in Any location
- Plant between Spring
- Flowering period - Spring
Features and benefits
- A gorgeous combination of apricot and lilac, just like the colours of glowing embers
- The daisy-like flowers of Osteospermums are produced in profusion for months on end
- Ideal for containers and borders, their abundant heads of bloom will fill your pots
- Easy to grow and needing very little in the way of aftercare
- Supplied as 6 x plug plants, ready to pot up and grow on before planting out.
Specifications
| Variety | Purple Sun |
|---|---|
| Latin name | Osteospermum |
| Flower colour | Orange - Purple |
| Attracts pollinators | Attracts pollinators |
| Scented | Scented |
| Flowering period | Spring |
| Planting period | Spring |
| Life span | Perennial |
| Plant position | Any location |
| Eventual growth height range | 0.1-0.5m |
| Eventual growth spread range | 0.1-0.5m |
| Planting distance | 10mm |
| Soil type | Any type of soil |
| Soil moisture | Moist, fertile & well drained |
| Soil pH | Neutral |
| Maintenance required | Medium |
| Plant hardiness type | Frost tender |
| Hardiness | H2 - Tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5°C) |
| Product code | 5056214018701 |