Gerbera Daisies

by Elyssa Grimsby
Plant Sciences 211, NDSU, Fall 2011


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Characteristics

Examples of Gerberas
Gerbera jamesonii
Jamesonii Type
Crocea Type
Full Crested
   

 

-Sometimes gerberas have different colored petals on the same flower

-This plant generally stands between 10 and 12 inches tall

-Its head is around 3 or 4 inches in diameter

-Gerbera daisies possess composite flowers with both ray and disk florets

-Gerberas are either annual or tender perennial plants