According to one website, the gazania (a.k.a. “Treasure Flower’) likes hot, dry summers. Obviously, this one growing on the patio has a different opinion in the matter.
Gazanias appear similar to daisies and have attractive and colorful petals. They grow on short stems and come in white, pink, bronze, red, yellow, and orange with banded markings.
Gazanias are native to South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Tanzania and Angola. Gazanias also are considered ‘naturalized’ in Australia, New Zealand, and California. They are widely cultivated as ornamental garden plants.
