Osteospermum 'FlowerPower Purple Sun' | Pack Of 5 Plug Plants
African daisy with a striking colour display
Our Osteospermum FlowerPower "Purple Sun" plug plants are an award-winning variety with magnificent colour. Otherwise known as the African Daisy, its wide, daisy-like blooms have striking mauve centres that graduate into yellow-tipped petals and virtually smother the dark green leafy foliage throughout the summer. The plants are neat, compact, and bushy, and are perfect for planting in borders and containers. They also look great in rockeries and exotic-style gardens.
Variety Information
- Hardiness: Half-Hardy Annual
- Supplied As: 5 Plug Plant
- Flowering Period: June - September
- Season of Interest: Summer
- Habit: Bush
- Preferred Location: Sun
- Eventual Height & Spread: 30cm x 45cm (12m x 18m)
Features
- Large Daisy-Like Flowers
- Graduated Petals
- Compact
- Great For Container Growing
Planting Tip
Best when grown as a single colour planting in patio containers or the garden border.
Starter Plants – 4.6cm Glue Plug
Our Starter Plants are grown in a preformed reduced Peat plug of compost bound together with a glue like compound which helps keep them together in the post. These plugs are so easy to use, all you have to do is pop the plug out of the sleeve and plant.
Packaging
We use a range of environmentally friendly packaging specifically developed to protect your plug plants whilst out for delivery.
An innovative locking design eliminates the need for plastic whilst holding your plugs safely in place.
Lovingly grown by our trusted nursery in England, each bedding plant will be grown in perfect conditions to allow them to develop beautiful flowers and foliage. Once ready, they will be dispatched directly to your door.
Packaging
Sustainability is one of our priorities, and as such, your bedding plants will be delivered in environmentally friendly packaging. Aside from being recyclable, they will keep your plants safe and secure on their journey to your home.
- Watering: Before planting your bedding plants, it is important to provide them with a generous watering. This can be done by letting the roots of each plant submerge in a bucket of water. Once all air bubbles have escaped, allow each plant to drain. If you are planting your bedding plants in a hanging basket, you will need to water them more frequently (ideally once a day).
- Deadheading: To promote a long flowering period, you should deadhead any flowers that appear spent. Simply rescind each flower at their base, taking care to not cut other parts of the plant.
- Feed: To really flourish, your bedding plants should have adequate feed. You can either add a slow release fertilizer to their compost, or mix feed into their watering on a weekly basis.
All of our young plug plants will need to be protected from any danger of frost. Keep them in a sheltered environment whilst you pot them on ready to go outside, usually around May time. A greenhouse is perfect but a windowsill or conservatory will do fine as long as they are kept warm (16-18°C is optimal) with plenty of sunlight.
Use a good quality balanced potting compost when planting. Slow release fertiliser is advised for best results.
| Deciduous Or Evergreen | Deciduous |
|---|---|
| Common Name | African Daisy |
| Flower Colour | Purple |
| Flowering Month | May, June, July, August, September |
| Flowering Season | Summer |
| Is Collection/Mix? | No |
| Needs Ericaceous Compost? | No |
| Type | Osteospermum |
| Colour | Orange, Yellow |
| Eventual Height | 0.3m-0.6m |
| Eventual Spread | 0.3m-0.6m |
| Foliage Colour | Green |
| Supplied As | 5cm Plug |
| Supplied As | Plug Plant |
| Type | Bedding Plants |
| Latin Name | Osteospermum |