Considered to be a beautiful small flowering plant for winter season, name is Cineraria came from Latin word ‘Cinearius’ means ashes and a true annual variety and ‘Asteraceae’ family, basically represent delight when offered as a gift. A compact plant with tight branches of daisy like flowers surrounded by green leaves, having colors like pink, white, blue, purple or red
Grow: This variety obviously adds delight to a garden, as seen in the picture from my garden although can grow up to 2 ft height, having heart shaped leaves, blooms have eye in the center encircled with white ring. Easy to grow as I planted in the bed, good also at pots must be planted on prepared soil and regular fertility is required, prefers moderate sun light and moisture, gives lasting flowering
Scientific Specification: Kingdom- Plantae; Unranked- Angiosperms, Eudicots, Asterids; Order- Asterales; Family- Asteraceae; Tribe – Senecioneae; Genus- Cineraria (Source - Wikipedia)
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