General information and discussion about cultivating fruit-bearing plants, trees, flowers and ornamental plants.
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
March 29, 2015 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Posts: 2,593
|
Can anyone ID these flowers?
Gathered some seed from them today at the Agra Fort near the Taj Mahal in India. I want to grow them, but not sure what they are:
|
March 29, 2015 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: ohio
Posts: 4,350
|
Osteospermum and the second is maybe coreopsis(sp?)
__________________
carolyn k |
March 29, 2015 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Posts: 3,150
|
Those answers are both correct. The first is an annual and the coreopsis is a perennial.
__________________
~ Patti ~ |
March 30, 2015 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Posts: 2,593
|
Thanks, folks, you are the best. That is great info.
|
March 30, 2015 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: ohio
Posts: 4,350
|
Scott, The osteospermum may not grow true. I have always seen it as a hybrid so you may get something way different in color pattern. Thrips and aphids love it, too.
__________________
carolyn k |
|
|