Mixed Colors Dimorphotheca brings the sun-drenched charm of southern Africa straight into your garden with daisy-like blooms in tangerine, canary, and apricot hues. These tidy African daisies grow to just 12-14 inches tall, producing radiant 2-inch flowers that seem almost painted by hand. Hardy in zones 3-10 and flowering in 70-79 days, this annual cultivar transforms full-sun beds into a glowing tapestry of warm color from early summer through frost. The plants mound naturally, requiring minimal maintenance once established.
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Tangerine, canary, and apricot blooms arrive in a spectacular mixed palette, each flower a rich 2 inches across. Native to the arid regions of southern Africa and Namibia, these plants demand little water or fussing once their roots establish, thriving in the heat and drought that sends other annuals into decline. The compact 12-14 inch mounding habit makes them equally at home in containers, borders, or mass plantings where they create an almost tropical warmth.
Mixed Colors Dimorphotheca is grown as an ornamental annual flower for garden beds, borders, and containers. The radiant mixed blooms in warm tones are valued for their landscape impact, creating drifts of color in full-sun locations where they're often used to add tropical warmth to temperate gardens.
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Transplant outdoors after the last frost has passed, spacing plants 12 inches apart.
Direct sow seeds outdoors after the last spring frost into full-sun locations.
No formal pruning is required due to the naturally compact, mounding growth habit. Deadhead spent flowers regularly throughout the season to encourage more blooms and maintain a tidy appearance.
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“Dimorphotheca sinuata hails from the demanding arid stretches of southern Africa and Namibia, where it evolved to thrive in harsh, water-scarce conditions. This mixed color cultivar represents the plant's journey from its native homeland into American gardens, where it has become prized for bringing that exotic, sun-loving character to borders and containers.”