Dorotheanthus bellidiformis

'Mezoo™ Trailing Red'

Livingstone daisy - Mezoo trailing red

                                          ID#538

 
 

Additional Information: Purchase at Flowers & Things. Bayboro, NC

 

Mezoo Livingstone daisy is a sprawling to mounding plant with succulent green leaves edged with white occasionally accented with button-sized red flowers in spring. This annual succulent is from South Africa’s Cape Provinces.


I have been growing it as a hanging plant all year round inside Glasshouse and it is a wonderful addition for a very small price & care.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 8-10” x 8-10” trailing/ vine like/prostrate PLANT TYPE: annual (See note below)* GROWTH RATE: fast TEXTURE: fine LIGHT: Full sun to part shade WATER: drought tolerant, average SOIL: loam, sand, tolerates salt, well drain
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: The small, round, red daisy-like flowers appear on the stems among the heavy, elliptical, pointed leaves. Bright flowers with many petite petals remain open during cloudy weather but close at night. FRUIT AND SEED: N/A, propagates easily by stem cuttings. KEY FEATURES: A good choice for protected containers anytime. Use Livingstone daisy as a prostrate annual, a trailing filler in a container or hanging basket, or as a warm-window houseplant with bright light.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch Placed in a hanging basket during summer outdoors, in glasshouse during winter. -During winter and probably because I do not give it the amount of water it needs it developed a infestation of aphids which I rinsed with water and then spray with insecticidal soap. Problem is mainly on top and close to soil. I suspect when the sun appears reliable again the problem will be gone. -Fertilize 2x month (20-20-20) Note: (2012-2013) Plant survived outdoors thru winter in ground bed #3, slight protection by large viburnum. Plant kept leaves and stems year round. - I am now utilizing this plant as ground cover of empty spaces: bed #3, bed #2, bed #14 so far.
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June 2009

May 2013