Osteospermum 'Balserset'
A bushy, evergreen, tender perennial with a mounding habit often grown as floriferous annual bedding. This variety has a profusion of quite large daisy-like pale orange flowers, flushed pink with a pale blue eye
0.1-0.5 metres
0.1-0.5 metres
Grow in warm, frost free conditions. Acclimatise plants before planting outside in early summer. Pinching out tips when young will create a well balanced compact plant that is perfect for container cultivation. A useful bedding plant for any well-drained fertile soil in a sunny site. A plant that performs best in sunny and bright, but relatively cool summers
Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring of non flowering shoots
Pinch out growing tips when young for a well-balanced and well-branched plant. Dead-head thoroughly to prolong the flowering display.
Generally pest-free but may be susceptible to aphids
Generally disease-free but may be susceptible to downy mildews and Verticillium wilt