Osteospermum Species, African Daisy, Cape Daisy

This is the hardiest of the genus Osteospermum, but not the prettiest. It can survive temperatures down to -10 C or below.
This...Read More plant usually has a yellow,cream, or buff-coloured disc (centre) and the rays (petals) are some shade of pink or white.
The long stems are really rhizomes, i.e. they produce many roots, and should be allowed to root down into the soil, allowing the plant to spread to quite a size.
It's quite popular in the southerly parts of the UK because it has several features unusual in such a hardy plant - it has a very long flowering period, sometimes flowering in winter, it is fast growing, evergreen, and disease resistant, easy to propagate and can be grown in ordinary clay-loam.
It performs better in well drained soil and will live longer too.
Sometimes the leaves have a faint lemony or pineapple smell.

This variety grows well in the UK, which is Zone 8