Gerbera Flowering Season Australia

The morphology of the flowers varies depending on their position in the capitulum of the gerberas.
Gerbera flowering season australia. Divide up your own gerbera clumps in late summer or autumn outside the tropics or all year round in northern australia. This breed has been around for several years and so far many gardeners can only sing of its amazing characteristics. Below is an australian guide to some of the popular wedding flowers and their seasonal trends. Hybrids also known as african daisy barberton daisy transvaal daisy is a perennial flowering shrub.
They have a long bloom season from late spring to late summer. Native to south africa modern hybrids are the results of crossing g. For instance the gerbera garvinea is known to flower more frequently and consistently than other. Buds developing after the first two months are permitted to develop into flowers.
Gerberas can be raised from seed planted in spring or early summer. But after planting if the plant bears buds in the initial two months then it is plucked. They are reaped when the flowers completely bloom. The capitulum on the gerberas has the appearance of a single flower but is actually a cluster of hundreds of individual flowers.
Flower seasons and colour guide australian flower chart flower colour images botanical names common flower names see academy of floral art flower guide. Generally the gerbera plants begin flowering within three months of planting. Plants are not likely to bloom more than twice in a single season but it is common for gerberas to flower twice during spring and summer. Click on the name to view more information in wikipedia and images from our picasa web album.
Various forms of gerbera flowers gerberas come in various. Flower breeders in australia and other parts of the world are developing new and better varieties of the gerbera flower one of which is the gerbera garvinea. The gerbera flowers in summer through to autumn on long stems that appear about the dull green foliage. There are a variety of different cultivars which are available and they can flower as single semi double or double in a wide variety of colours.
Keep a copy pay and download click on download chart. Chart of flower availability seasonal flowers flower seasons australia freesia hyacinths lily o t valley iris narcissus daffodils. Planting season in gerbera flower farming gerbera plantation can be done in spring as well as summer season. Gerbera gerbera jamesonii g.
It is part of the asteraceae or daisy family and has been cultivated from the native gerbera from south africa.