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Gazania and Godetia

Posted on August 29, 2015 by heretherebespiders

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Gazania:



Godetia (Clarkia amoena), also known as farewell-to-spring:

Since they live in the same planter, I thought they should share a post.

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sledpress on August 30, 2015 at 1:31 am said:

I don’t know which I like better. Though the Gazania are all but heraldic, which tweaks my medieval bone.

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- heretherebespiders on August 30, 2015 at 6:15 pm said:
  
  Oo, they are! Never saw them that way before.
  
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susank456 on August 30, 2015 at 5:51 pm said:

Beautiful

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Arkenaten on August 30, 2015 at 8:19 pm said:

Love the Gazanias. Another South African indigenous flower. I have all these colours and then some. I took to collecting seed a while back and have been planting the little ”sproutlings ” ever since.
I am soon to plant out around 100 new ones.

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- heretherebespiders on August 30, 2015 at 8:31 pm said:
  
  My first one doesn’t seem to have gone to seed – the bloom-stem has collapsed and the seed head is now a bit mouldy looking. I might have to hope they over-winter, instead.
  
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  - Arkenaten on August 30, 2015 at 8:34 pm said:
    
    Don’t know if they over winter.
    If the bloom stem doesn’t fully open ( to disperse seeds) I guess you could pluck the bloom and dry out the seeds?
    
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    - heretherebespiders on August 30, 2015 at 8:58 pm said:
      
      The first one – it’s still there in my pics – has gone all wilted and soft at the stem. And mouldy. I didn’t take it off, but I don’t think it was pollinated at all. Probably freaked the local critters out and they had no idea how to have inter-species sex with it!
      
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philosophermouseofthehedge on September 4, 2015 at 8:06 pm said:

These almost look like painted silk – but they are actually growing as in with dirt. What unique beauties.

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- heretherebespiders on September 4, 2015 at 8:18 pm said:
  
  The gazania? It is pretty amazing. A new favourite for sure. They are native to S Africa – they could possibly make it in Texas!
  
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