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...

  A Beautiful Garden How does one create a beautiful garden pleasing to the eye? Well, pleasing is what you enjoy and love to see so beautiful gardens will vary between gardeners. A garden takes patience, time, hard work, a little knowledge of where to place a plant and some creativity. Gardens tend to be really forgiving and have the ability to help you learn from your time in them. That's part of the way I learned in addition to watching my Aunt Hazel and her love for her garden. It's also fun to share tips and plants with friends. It is truly an enjoyable experience. Some simple things to do as you start to make your garden beautiful. 1. Don't be so quick to throw out what you already have.  Established plants are tried and true! For starters they have resisted many types of pests that may be in your garden. Give them a chance and see how you like them. 2. Prepare soil properly.  Lots of soils are hard and just need to be worked. Add a little wate...

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 ...