Plants of the Week Advanced Search


Search results for "Arctotis" (displaying 9 of 9 on page 1)

Refine your search
  • Sort by date added
  • Sort Alphabetically

Arctotis angustifolia

Arctotis angustifolia
Common names: narrow-leaved arctotis (Eng.); smalblaar gousblom (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... is in spring to early summer, from September to November. Arctotis angustifolia occurs on sandy flats and slopes of the ... interaction with any insects or birds has been observed. Arctotis Arctotis angustifolia can be grown from seed and cuttings. ...

27 / 08 / 2018 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
Read More

Arctotis aspera

Arctotis aspera
Common names: rough arctotis (Eng.); taaigousblom (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... if one is the pollinator or one of a host of pollinators. Arctotis Arctotis aspera can be propagated sexually from seed and ... cucullatum , P. fulgidum , P. gibbosum and P. capitatum , Arctotis acaulis , Ursinia anthemoides , Dimorphotheca ...

11 / 06 / 2018 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
Read More

Arctotis revoluta

Arctotis revoluta
Common names: curly leaf arctotis, krulblaar gousblom (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... Oliver Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden August 2015 Arctotis revoluta is a softly woody, spreading shrub between ... above 0.5 m as it oftens get battered by relentless winds. Arctotis Arctotis revoluta can be propagated by cuttings or seed. ...

17 / 08 / 2015 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
Read More

Arctotis hirsuta

Arctotis hirsuta flowers
Common names: Namaqua marigold (Eng.), Namakwagousblom (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... conditions that will ensure the survival of the specie Arctotis The gousblom grows easily. Sow seed during March in ... Seed will be ready for harvesting from September onwards. Arctotis hirsuta is equally suitable for en masse mixed ... (dwarf felicia) and blue F. heterophylla . The genus name Arctotis is derived from Greek arktos , which means a bear, ...

10 / 10 / 2011 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
Read More

Arctotis acaulis

Arctotis acaulis flower - orange with black spots
Common names: renoster arctotis, renoster marigold (Eng.), renostergousblom, tonteldoekblom (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2008 Arctotis acaulis  is a stemless perennial 200 - 300 mm tall, ... they hybridise quite freely with other species of  Arctotis  and a wider range of colours develops over a few ... pink, maroon and red. The banding colour also varies. Arctotis acaulis occurs in the renosterveld, fynbos, ...

29 / 09 / 2008 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
Read More

Arctotis fastuosa

Orange form of A.fastuosa
Common names: Namaqualand arctotis, Iceland daisy, Namaqua marigold, double Namaqualand daisy (Eng.); Namakwagousblom, bittergousblom (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... NBG Liesl van der Walt Kirstenbosch NBG December 2006 Arctotis fastuosa is a fast-growing annual that ... it only has one cavity compared to the two of most other Arctotis species. Namaqualand is the centre of the natural distribution of Arctotis fastuosa, but it is also found north into Namibia ...

11 / 12 / 2006 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
Read More

Arctotis venusta

Arctotis venusta
Common names: Karoo marigold (Eng.); Karoo gousblom (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... Kirstenbosch February 2006 A fast-growing summer annual, Arctotis venusta has a number of upright, branching stems and ... only live for a few months, from early summer to autumn. Arctotis venusta grows mainly in the drier summer rainfall ... plentiful in the dried up riverbed of the Witnossob River. Arctotis venusta attracts many bees, the main pollinator of ...

06 / 02 / 2006 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
Read More

Arctotis stoechadifolia

Flowers
Common names: coast arctotis, silver arctotis, trailing arctotis (Eng.); kusgousblom, bittergousblom, witgousblom (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... Garden December 2005 A sprawling perennial, the silver arctotis forms a striking silver-grey carpet that easily ... creates quite a show with masses of flowers. Typical for Arctotis , the flowers only open with sunlight; the ... to collect as they loosen and fall from the seed head. Arctotis stoechadifolia occurs naturally on the dunes and ...

05 / 12 / 2005 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
Read More

Arctotis arctotoides

Arctotis arctotoides
Common names: botterblom (Afrikaans), putswa-pududu (South Sotho), ubushwa (isiXhosa)
Family: Asteraceae

... at the centre-well worth a closer look. This species, Arctotis arctotoides, is widespread throughout the summer ... visited by bees, which are the main pollinators. Arctotis This groundcover can look a bit weedy, but it is ... planting in the empty pockets left by the spring annuals. Arctotis arctotoides makes a pretty combination in summer ...

19 / 08 / 2002 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
Read More