The garden here in Spain has a lot of Osteospermum. All brightly coloured and many which have self seeded. A welcome sight at this time of year.
I was at the garden centre locally this week to pick up some soil and compost to do some re potting and was about to pay for it when I saw a batch of Osteospermum that I hadn’t seen earlier in the week. And which caught my eye.
So As they are so very different to the ones I have in the garden already I just had to have them. Didn’t I?
They are now awaiting planting.
I understand that when they self seed as no doubt they will do they will not seed true to the existing colour. But hey. As long as I keep the originals going I’ll be happy!
Gardens. Travel. Life. 
We grow a few Osteos here but most of those are new to me. Must look out for them in a month or two, some very striking blooms there.
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I’ve not seen them before. Then yesterday I went to a friends and he had two of them too!
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Oh, I think you did the right thing by taking those gorgeous plants off the garden center’s hands! In fact, I think you should receive a medal for being so perspective! I mean that in a good way, my humor is a bit off late in the evening!
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Oh wow! Those are lovely. I keep wondering about growing osteospermum up our front path because I think they are ok in poor soil and ferocious sun. I think only some varieties are hardy though?
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They are not all hardy at all, and even the hardy ones can be struck down as mine were last year in the snow! You could put them into a greenhouse over winter though. Tresco Purple is quite a hardy one, flowers all year here.
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These are in our garden in Spain so are fine as the temp doesn’t get below zero.
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Lucky you! Although it is rare to get below zero here in Cornwall, it does occasionally happen.
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I love osteos too, but I am not sure about all these new hybrids. I like the simple daisy types with the open centres that the bees can access. But I understand the temptation 🙂
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Smashing photos, I particularly love the first one, great shot. Do you happen to know the variety?
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Thank you. Sadly I don’t. But I’m back there this week and I’ll ask.
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You certainly have some fancy ones there. Decades ago, only the trailing osteospermums were available here. These fancier types are slowly becoming more available, although we do not have anything like yours.
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It never ceases to amaze and amuse me to see your winter pics of plants that are strictly summer only in the UK!
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