Gloriosa on the Move
Some years ago, perhaps five or six, I begged some Gloriosa daisies from my friends. I brought them home and planted them at the west end of the Slumber Lumber Bed. It took them a year or two to get established. I thought I'd have them there for the duration.
Today there are no Gloriosa daisies at the west end of that bed. They have moved about 15 feet to the east end of the bed. They aren't a solid mass of plants the way Brown-eyed Susans grow. They are now separate plants here and there at the opposite end of the bed from where they were planted.
I got them from a huge stand of daisies, about five feet in width. I expected mine to grow into a stand like that. I'm glad that I still have some plants but I was expecting them to be prolific. They are beginning to open today.
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NJ
at 6/30/2005 3:09:47 PM- I've never done anything like that! That's why I have more weeds than I should. Don't they also seed from their flower heads? I was thinking that they may have been sown by the wind, by why no parent plants where I put them in?
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Leslie
at 6/30/2005 6:15:56 PM- They almost sound like Triffids, except prettier. I'll have to look up Gloriosa daisies to see a picture. I have some in my yard but I'm not sure what kind they are. When I was out weeding, I noticed a little something poking up about 3 feet from my daisies and it was a wee new plant. Maybe mine are happy wanderers too.
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NJ
at 7/1/2005 6:29:55 AM- I have to ask you, what are Triffids? I did the Google search but it's about some sci/fi thing or band. I found one flower picture but it was canas and they don't look anything like daisies. The Gloriosa picture I sent you doesn't show very well the the way the center of the daisy is splashed with orange. They are a tri-colored flower which is very beautiful. If you go to this site http://www.parkseed.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10101&catalogId=10101&langId=-1&mainPage=prod2working&ItemId=90293&scChannel=prod2working
you'll find that the bottom row, picture on the right is more like the daisies I have.
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That is odd. THey usually DO grow in bunches. Perhaps your squirrels have moved the rizomes. Try planting them and covering them with hardware cloth, or chicken wire, and then covering that with dirt or bark. That will keep the little buggers from digging.