Gazanias for Victoria (Mini Photo Essay)

They are pretty little things. I didn't realize they had such a long bloom. I may need to get me some.

they are beautiful, I will have to look and see if I can find them at the home depot here

Very beautiful flowers!

Gorgeous and the pictures make them seem so real I can almost smell them.

Pretty flowers thanks for sharing.

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Your shots are beautiful Marianne.

Beautiful! The waer droplets on the petals are AWESOME! And thanks for the info too.

You got rain? We got rained on in Eatonton a little but got none here.

Awesome!

We had a few short showers Kellie (when I took the photos) and then a system sat on Cobb County and dumped buckets for nearly an hour.

Awww, an article just for me!! LOL : )

Great! Now everyone will know just how flower-retarded I am! LOL

Seriously, I really had never heard of these things, but man, they are gorgeous. I will have to look them up when I'm at Home Depot next. Sounds like they're the plant for me. The area where my flower garden is has some of the worst soil on our property. It's really sandy. Just how cheap are they? Cheap flowers is GREAT by me!!! I want more bang for my buck, man. I've pretty much put my flower garden on hold for the moment. I've been working on the area directly in front of our house. I need to go and buy six small shrubs of some sort - no, wait, seven. Any ideas? I'm thinking I'll probably just go with those little buford holly bushes or is it burford? Anyway, I want something that stays green all year round. (I'm hoping the greenness will offset my winter depression.) I had thought about getting azalea bushes but those holly things are so much cheaper and I've had really good luck with the ones I've bought in the past. If I could remember what those other little shrubs are (the ones I photographed for my photo essay that are planted along the back of my flower garden) I would get some of them. But I can't remember what they are. Crap, here I am totally rambling on and on about flowers and plants and stuff. People will think I'm insane. Anyhoo, these gazanias are awesome looking flowers, and I'm going to get some of them. Just gotta get my points moving on the upward path so I can get my next giftcard. We are flat-*** broke right now, so unless I get a giftcard there will be no spontaneous runs to the store for plants for me for a while. Too bad, I was enjoying that. Hehe.

Wow!! Look how freakin' long that is! Even I am impressed with my rambling abilities!

Oh yeah, and.........

Thanks for posting to All Photo Essays Here @ allphotoessays.gather.com!! Hehe.

I'm pretty flower and garden retarded myself Victoria. So you're not alone, lol. I have some shrub by our mailbox. It's got green and yellow leaves. Those would be pretrty and far less picky than american holly. I hate holly... probably because I geocache and people hide caches in the holly trees, lol.

So what kind of shrub is it?

Does it stay green all year?

I don't know what it is, but I can take a photo of it tomorrow. Yes it stays green or green & yellow all year. The leaves are kind of waxy. Most importantly, it doesn't pick like Holly. I have scars on my arms from that dang holly ;-)

I have another shrub/hedge/whatever it is. It kind of looks like eucalyptus, but it's not. Nice, non pick leaves and it stays dark green all year. I'll take photos and post them and see if any of the green thumb folks here can identify them.

Yeah, do that. I'd like something neat to plant up there. It is right in the front of the house afterall. I'll have to take photos of what I've done. It's looking pretty dang good if I do say so myself. Now if only I could find some of those darn red tips like Phyllis has. They're going along my fence in strategic places to hide me from the prying eyes of our neighbors.

They sure don't look like weedy flowers to me! They're beautiful! I also have never heard of them, but now I have! ;-D

I absolutely adore Gazanias and have been growing them for at least 10 years now. They are wonderful flowers - quite heat tolerant, don't need a lot of water (I am a lazy waterer), and so pretty. Great combinations of flowers. I even had a plant bloom on my birthday in December years ago! I couldn't believe it. We were having a mild winter at that time. Such great shots of Gazanias - what terrific colors!

Hi Marianne - this was lovely and refreshing and I guantee you these gazanias are not weeds in my gardens - I like them very much and would gladly have them growing anywhere around me! Thanks for sharing. Salud.

Hmm, I'm pretty sure she lived in Southern California too. She passed away a few years ago. So I can't ask her. Are they popular roadside wild flowers there? Cause she dug a bunch up and sent them to another friend of ours via Fedex.

There are some purple type daisies that grow along the freeway and in other places - they are various shades of purple and white - I think I've seen yellow ones but they are planted there and are good for the soil - I'll see if they are the same thing as these! We also have a plant called the Ice Plant - I think I've posted some in my images and they grow in very sandy soil and are beautiful. Salud.

Guarantee - is misspelled up there ! Sorry - Salud.

Don't feel bad, Victoria... I've never heard of them before either! But they are sure pretty, Marianne!

i've never heard of these either.. but they are gorgeous ! i should tell my mom to look into these !

They seem like bright, cheery flowers.

Quite lovely, aren't they? And now Victoria knows what is what!

These are so beautiful! I am going to have to get me some!

You take beautiful pictures!
Thank you for posting to ~::Photographic Edge::~

Thanks for posting this to BEST ORIGINAL PHOTOS, ART AND WRITING FOR 2008.

Oh they are very pretty. And you took some great shots of them.

I had never heard of these either and did look them up. I think they would be a great choice for my sun porch and they seem to be easy to care for. Also they are so pretty.

Grear shots

Lovely flowers and post! Thank you, Marianne!

I've seen them before but never heard of them... but now that you've shown them to me in such a gorgeous manner, I will not likely forget their name. Wow? Exquisite photos.

I had to come back and see the comments and also the photos of those flowers (:
Thanks for the comment on storing and stockpiling food.

VICTORIA IS FLOWER-RETARDED, --- VICTORIA IS FLOWER-RETARDED!!! LOL

So is Phyllis, - I have never heard of this flower either Marianne!! This is one beautiful flower and would be great for containers!! These colors look like fall colors!!!!

These are so bright and cheerful! I've never heard of gazanias either.

These are beautiful colored flowers, I'll have to see if I can find them here, because we get a lot of sun

What beautifuln colors! Marianne, I feel like I've just received a bouquet!

Those are gorgeous Marianne. I might have to invest in some of those for my flower garden that gets ALOT of sun. Thanks for all the info on them.

wow, they look really pretty!

Arlene,
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They are beautiful, Marianne.

They are so pretty! I hadn't heard of them by any name though they do look sort of familiar. I wouldn't mind having some myself!

Those are gorgeous. And I've seen the flowers before, but they weren't sold in the areas I lived when we actually bought/planted flowers. I didn't recall them by name either.

They are quite pretty. Are they perennials and do you know if they are cold hardy?
I would love to mix these in with some marigolds but I am betting it is too cold here to grow them and have them come back if they are perennial.

Lovely photo essay!

That first one is called "Fiesta" (at least that's its trade-name around here...) I agree... Gazanias have an AMAZING range of colors (everything from white to dark purple!) and they are among the hardiest plants ever! They are used as "ground cover" around here because they "clump", are drought-tolerant and insect resistant and bloom year-round. You often see them here on the sides of freeway exits/entrances and in shopping centers... They are VERY easy to grow from seed! I found some seeding beside a freeway exit, collected the seeds and grew them to sell at the local farmer's market... There is also a member of the same family called "Diamondia" that is a low grower with silvery, two-toned leaves that will withstand FOOT TRAFFIC!

Oh... I've only ever seen "diamondia" with pale yellow flowers, though...

Oh! Oh! and funny story about "Fiesta"... When I was the Greenhouse Manager at a large, wholesale bedding plant nursery, I had to order all of the labels for the plants from the label manufacturer... One time, I'd ordered "Fiesta" Gazania over the phone... When the labels arrived, they said "Siesta" instead of "Fiesta" and I called the label company. I said, "I ordered 'Fiesta' as in 'party' and you guys sent 'Siesta' as in 'nap' -- our gazanias are a little more lively than that..." The lady at the label company CRACKED UP!

Thank you very much on the excellant article on Gazanias. The photos are beautiful!

I've bookmarked this Marianne. I also have a balcony. I plan to do a little container vegetable gardening this year and to add more flowers instead of just plants. I think these would be lovely on my balcony.

Thank you for the info and the beautiful pictures.

Wow! They are beautiful. Great pictures you've got.

Ha! I'm not the only one who hadn't heard of these. Maybe I'm not as flower-retarded as I thought.....hmmm.......probably I am though. Hehe.

Gorgeous pics!