Aunt Hazel's Garden

Gazania Daisies I love this bright beautiful gazania daisy perennial plant in my garden. I purchased a six pack of these flowers and only one survived the many snails and slugs in my garden. This was the one! Now all the many mounds I have in my garden of gazania daisies are from this one gorgeous mounding plant with long slender deep green leaves and bright orange-yellow flowers with a deep brown emphasis around the eye of the flower. These gazania daisies produce flowers through the spring well into autumn for me to enjoy. Since they are perennials they come back yearly to share their beauty. You can create more mounds of these beauties by dividing and transplanting, while they are dormant, from late fall through early spring. Gazania Daisies Love the Sun! 🌞 Sun Needs Gazania daisies, also referred to as treasure flowers and African daisies love the sun. My mounds of daisies get the sun from mid-morning to about four o'clock in the afternoon. When i...

Marguerite Daisy One of Aunt Hazel's Favorites This Marguerite Daisy was one of Aunt Hazel's favorite plants. She loved its beauty and vibrant little flower. She incorporated it in her garden and on her table in beautiful bouquets. Aunt Hazel would propagate it by taking cuttings and placing them in her rich dark sandy soil where almost everything rooted - I do the same, but my success rate is only about 50% - her thumb was much greener than mine. Hazel at 91 Years Young by Her Beautiful Marguerites and Cinerarias Hazel once recounted the story of how she had a few similar daisy plants and she would use one plant's pollen to pollinate the other plant. With Hazel doing this, a slightly different plant emerged in her garden. So this particular Marguerite Daisy that I'm featuring on this post is perhaps slightly different than other mainstream varieties.  Characteristics of The Plant This Marguerite Daisy has an approximate one and a half inch ...

Propagating and Growing Kalanchoe Delagoensis Today I'm discussing how to propagate and grow Kalanchoe Delagoensis also known as Chandelier Plant, Mother of Millions and Mother of Thousands. As you can see here, and in my previous post on  the flowering stages of Kalanchoe Delagoensis,  this succulent plant produces a gorgeous bloom when it is mature. It takes a couple of years for this small baby plant to reach this maturity but after enjoying its bloom I'm sure you will agree it is well worth it. Let's begin with propagation. Young Kalanchoe Plants with Little Plantlets   On this young Kalanchoe plant you can see the start of the baby plantlets which look like little spikes on the end of the tubular leaves. These little spikes, which are more rubbery than sharp, will become the plantlets that will eventually drop to the ground and root.  Propagation of Plantlets from Mature Kalanchoe Stocks Propagation of Kalanchoe Delagoensis begins w...

Beautiful Coreopsis Vibrant yellow flowers with varied colorful centers above full mounds of thin leaves. Coreopsis loves direct sun when established. Best blooming period is late Spring through early Fall. Established Mounds of Coreopsis Hardy and easy to grow once established, but needs tender loving care when transplanting. Transplanting Coreopsis You can propagate new plants by transplanting perennial Coreopsis. On a healthy mound of Coreopsis find a clump of leaves that you can divide safely and will leave enough on the original plant to survive. As you look at the plant you will notice that there are areas that are better to divide than others. Cut through the area that you have determined would be best, making sure to dig down far enough to get good roots. Plant in new location and give it tender loving care by keeping it watered and shaded if need be until it looks like it has taken hold of its new location. Transplanting is best to do during th...