20180224 Marlborough rock daisy 馬爾堡石雛菊
Marlborough rock daisy 馬爾堡石雛菊
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基本參數:
Marlborough rock daisies (Pachystegia insignis)
Max hight: 90cm
compact, low-growing shrubs, grown as much for their attractive leathery leaves as their eye-catching daisy flowers. They need good drainage and shelter from frosts, but once established they will survive strong winds and salt spray.
Seed is the preferred method of propagation and it is a surprisingly easy process. Collect fresh seed in late summer when it looks fluffy, just like a closed-up dandelion clock. Each flower contains enough seed to produce dozens of plants, so you do not need many.
Sow fresh seed immediately in a very freedraining seed mix and very lightly cover with fine gravel, vermiculite or perlite. Place the pot outside and keep your eye open for seedlings emerging.
The biggest killer of young plants is too much love in the form of watering. This is not to say you should not water them, but young seedlings are very prone to damping off.
When large enough to transplant be careful as they dislike root disturbance and remember to continue to use a good free-draining compost. Plants might take two years before they are large enough to plant out in the garden, but the sooner the better so that they can get established in their final location.
