with these they are in pots with loads of flowers on them but look dead underneigh foing all yellow..what should i do?
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They look like osteospermums(Cape Daisies), Duckyjuk. http://images.google.com/images?q=osteospermum&hl=en-GB&sourceid=gd&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-49,GGLD:en-GB&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi I haven't had them in containers myself, just directly in the soil. There has been quite a bit of discussion about them over the past year or so, and basically it seems there are quite a few different types, and some are perennial here, but some aren't, and should be treated as annuals here, not expected to live through the winter. I think it might be worth popping yours in the ground, trimming them back down quite low (to the lowest outward facing bud) and see if they re-grow, but be prepared for the plant not to make it. Maybe somebody else can be a bit more positive! :rolleyes:
ive had them 12 months and they were lovely last year..hate to cut flowers off...i might try to take cuttings from them..
They should be OK. I would put them in the ground, or repot them, but leave them for a week or 10 days before cutting back. If you do both at the same time you are giving them a double dose of stress. There are some annual Osteospermums species, but I think that the ones you generally see on sale are perennial. They do vary a bit in hardiness. The true species (ie ones that occur in the wild) such as Osteospermum jacundum are rather hardier. But if you buy a named variety it may be a hybrid, and these tend to be not quite as hardy. I have 'Westside' and 'Wildside' which are fairly common named purple varieties, and they have survived a couple of winters in a shed.
