Coreopsis, helianthus, melampodium … surely there’s more than enough yellow daisy-like flowers in the garden?
But noooo …. Someone’s hand still itched to get another.
Unfortunately, the first Euryops chrysanthemoides I saw was not for sale; it was part of a floral display at a floral festival.
The next time I saw the plant, I bought it faster than you could say Jack Robinson. Never mind that the plant was just a puny three inches tall.
But as with many of my first experiments, it expired all too soon.
And so I looked for it again.
I found the next Euryops chrysanthemoides at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens.
These were almost as tall as I was, and were about 10 feet wide! I had to touch it to make sure it was for real and was the same plant.
All this while I had thought that the Euryops chrysanthemoides was a small bedding plant. But what I saw in Melbourne showed me that it was anything but tiny. Silly me; its common name ‘African Bush Daisy’ should have given me a clue.
The amazing specimen served as an excellent backdrop for my picnic and strengthened my resolve to get a replacement.
Then just a few months ago, I found my pot of gold!
It’s progress? … so far, so good.
And if anyone’s wondering, it’s still under 10 inches tall; a far cry from its gargantuan cousin Down Under.
I doubt if my little one will ever reach those incredible dimensions, but honestly, I’m quite contented with its diminutive height.
Care and propagation: Full sun; well-drained soil; water generously. Propagate using seeds or cuttings.
Beautiful! Maybe in our next life, we can finally be neighbors and garden side by side.
could happen in this life too.
My Country is coming apart at the seams. Things do not look good here. Seems our president is a sunni muslim who wants to bring the United States into the 1400 year old war between the sunnis and the shiites – yes, seems he wants the United States to side with the sunnis against the shiites.
We warned the American People before he was elected the first time, but they wouldn’t listen.
God help us, my friend.
we need to pray very, very hard for US, our nation and the rest of the world too. the world is falling apart.