Native to Africa, Gerbera daisies bloom from late spring through autumn. Gerbera daisies also make great flowers for arrangements in vases, so they’re a fun plant to add to a cutting garden.

Happipot gerbera is best used as a container plant so the excellent drainage it needs can be assured. Use a slightly acid-pH 6.0 to 6.5-potting mix such as Pro Mix, ...

Maintenance. Gerberas are heavy feeders; use a water-based fertilizer every two weeks. To keep plants blooming, deadhead spent flower blooms by removing the stem down to the next stem, bud or leaf.

A: You can sow gerberas in pots now. Lightly cover the seed. Germination occurs in 10 to 14 days. You can transplant to larger pots or a compost-enriched garden bed in 6 or so weeks. Morning sun ...

Gerbera daisies come from South Africa, a habitat shared with gazanias and geraniums. What these plants all have in common is a preference for drip as opposed to overhead irrigation.

Genetics in bloom Date: June 24, 2010 Source: BioMed Central Summary: Some of the molecular machinery that governs flower formation has been uncovered in the daisy-like Gerbera plants.

Experience has shown that the gerbera is an excellent model plant," says Elomaa, who has contributed to Finnish gerbera research ever since its infancy in the late 1980s.