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08-01-2020 06:20 PM
I purchased Gerbera daisies and they have not done well. One died other 5 have done nothing. Have gotten one flower on 5 plants. My other garden purchases have done well. I'm disappointed with Roberta right now.
08-01-2020 06:40 PM
@ChumpUmp I think Gerbera Daisies are the world's hardest plant to grow. After many failures, I don't even try anymore. The last one I bought came from a nursery. Brought it home, put it on my covered patio in the shade. Gave it some water as it was dry and 2 hours later when I looked at it, it was all drooped over and never revived.
If someone has a secret to growing them, I'd like to know too. They're so pretty.
08-01-2020 06:59 PM
Count me in on the secret too. They are so beautiful, but they don't produce for me either. Actually, I thought they are a "sun" loving plant??
08-01-2020 07:00 PM - edited 08-01-2020 07:01 PM
I've never had good luck with Gerberas either - not Roberta's, just in general. I gave up on them years ago. I would put them in clay pots, and they would always end up with powdery mildew. Maybe they didn't get enough sun; they were in a part sun situation. On the other hand, my mother always has good luck with them, she plants them in her gardens.
08-01-2020 11:17 PM
I think they are sun loving. I once planted them in a lamppost planter & they did well; BUT they are considered annuals by us in hardiness zone 7. Expensive annuals......
08-02-2020 05:43 AM
Agreed!
I bought the perennial daisies from Roberta's this year and they are horrible. Unfortunately they did not label the colors on my particular order, so I had no idea which plant was what color (I had a plan for the colors). I planted one in the ground and it literally shriveled up and died into the ground within 2 days. What a waste!
I put the other 2 in pots on my retaining wall. They are in full sun, well watered, and get a bit of Miracle Grow every once in a while. Although I do get flowers, they are minimal and wimpy. Certainly not what presented on air. I will bring the pots toward the house over the winter, but I am NOT hopeful they will come back next year. I'm calling it a loss at this point.
08-02-2020 07:20 AM
i bought 2 Gerbera Daisy plants from my local nursery in May - I put 1 in a pot on my porch - it is doing well now after a slow start - have had 3 blooms so far. The other plant is in the ground and the flowers die before they bloom - the green leaves are thriving. I don't know why I bought them they have never done well for me in the past.
08-02-2020 08:26 AM
I grew daisies from seeds...plenty of daily care, then finally repotted in several large pots, as I had high hopes. They took off great, then I only got 1 or 2 blooms, and a bunch of brown leaves. I finally dumped all of them..not good.
08-02-2020 10:07 AM
I dug up a bunch of wild daisies from the vacant lot across the street., left them in a bucket of water than planted them under a side window---Seems like they took ok but now they are brown and faded but there are seeds in the flower heads---so maybe next year I'll have daisies. From where I got them , they got water when it rained, were in dry dirt embedded in gravel too. Will see next year, I guess.
08-03-2020 04:33 PM
@ChumpUmp wrote:I purchased Gerbera daisies and they have not done well. One died other 5 have done nothing. Have gotten one flower on 5 plants. My other garden purchases have done well. I'm disappointed with Roberta right now.
@ChumpUmp I have bought faux Gerberas in all colors and lengths, look real, and do not die.
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