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Osteospermum 'Blue Eyed Beauty'
A delicious blend of the sweeter colours of summer
- Yellow flowers with a Violet Blue eye
- Flowers from June to September
- Perfect feature in borders or pots
- Easy to grow and care for
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£21Sale price From £20Contemporary Window Box Collection
Modernise your window box game
- Features trendy perennials (eg. dahlia)
- Easily fill a window-sized planter
- Bloom times vary depending on selection
- Refreshes your home's facade
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£24Sale price From £21Classic Window Box Collection
Create an iconic window display
- Includes perennial fan favourites (eg. lupin)
- Position in full sun on an outside sill
- Bloom times vary depending on selection
- An easy way to attract pollinators
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£18Sale price From £15Osteospermum 'Tresco Purple'
Bold Violet flowers for bright borders
- Violet daisy-like flowers with a dark centre
- Flowers from June to October
- A splash of summer colour in borders
- Great for container displays
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Our perennials start life in the rolling Herefordshire hills, where Jack and his team trial over 250 new varieties each year to bring you the best performing and most sustainable plants in the UK. With over forty years of excellence, it’s no surprise that they’ve won the HTA Plant Grower of the Year award two years running.
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Which osteospermum?
With osteospermums, anything goes. If you love coordinated colours, go for a mix of similar shades like Tresco Purple and Serenity Pink, perhaps with pops of white. Prefer bolder contrasts? Choose some of the amazing bicolour combinations such as Blue Eyed Beauty and Serenity Sunshine Beauty.
Planting schemes and partners
Plant your osteospermums in containers, in the front of a sunny border - or anywhere you want a blast of eyecatching colour, because these flowers are guaranteed to steal focus from everything else! Team them with softly swaying ornamental grasses and tall stems of verbena and anemones for a wild prairie look, or brighten up your balcony and window boxes with something that beats annual bedding hands down. Osteospermums are salt tolerant too, so they’re a great choice for coastal gardens.
Growing tips
Osteospermums will thrive in any well drained soil in a warm, sheltered spot with plenty of sun. Water them throughout the growing season and deadhead the finished flowers regularly to encourage the plant to produce new ones. If you do this and feed them weekly with a general purpose plant food, they’ll keep blooming all the way into autumn.
Osteopermum FAQs
When is the best time to plant osteospermums in the UK?
Osteospermum plants do best when they’re planted in the spring after the last frost has passed. They like warm temperatures and can be a bit sensitive to frost, so planting them when the weather is mild is ideal.
Where should I plant osteospermums?
Osteospermum plants thrive in full sun (6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day) and well-drained soil that doesn’t get waterlogged, as this can cause root rot.
How much should I water osteospermums?
Water your osteospermums thoroughly when the top 2-3cm of soil feels dry to the touch and avoid overwatering, as this can lead to root rot. During hot, dry periods, you’ll need to water more often.
Do osteospermum plants need fertiliser?
Osteospermum plants do best with regular feeding during the growing season. You can use a general purpose liquid or granular feed every 2-4 weeks or a slow-release fertiliser at the beginning of spring.
How do I deadhead osteospermums?
Deadheading encourages your plants to bloom continuously rather than putting their energy into seed production. To do this, pinch off the faded flowers at their base by hand or with scissors.
Can osteospermum plants survive the winter?
Osteospermum plants are often grown as annuals or short-lived perennials in the UK, especially in colder areas. In warmer parts of the UK they should survive the winter, but everywhere else they should be brought indoors over winter or wrapped/covered to protect them from the frost.
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