Arctotis

Arctotis - Showy half-hardy composites from the Cape, numbering between forty and fifty species, for the most part little known. The bright colors of many are more intense in the open air than when the plants are cramped in pots in a greenhouse. Dry sunny banks often devoid of plant life might be clothed with them. Although true sun-loving plants, they may be used as a groundwork in spots where, in the shade if not too dense, they flower almost as freely as in the sun. They require warm greenhouse treatment in winter.

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Contents 1 Related Flowers 1.1 Arctotis Acaulis 1.2 Arctotis Aspera 1.3 Arctotis Aureola 1.4 Arctotis Grandis 1.5 Arctotis Leptorhiza

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Arctotis Acaulis

Arctotis Acaulis - a variable dwarf species; the flowers are large, attractive, and of a deep rich orange. It does not ripen seed freely, but is easily propagated from side shoots.

Arctotis Aspera

Arctotis Aspera - a half-shrubby species, with deeply cut and wrinkled leaves and creamy flowers, purplish outside. It may be used in vases and hanging baskets, the pink buds being pretty. Cuttings strike readily in heat.

Arctotis Aureola

Arctotis Aureola - of shrubby habit, 1 to 2 feet in height, with handsome orange flowers towards the end of the branches. Cutting. Syn. A. grandiflora.

Arctotis Grandis

Arctotis Grandis - A handsome kind from the Cape, with grey or silvery leaves and stems, and showy white flowers, 2 inches or more across, with a gold-banded pale mauve centre, and shaded with lilac on the outside. It forms a bushy plant of about 2 feet high, flowering freely and through a long season, and the long-stemmed flowers are useful for cutting if gathered on first expanding, though they close up each evening. Seed should be sown under glass in early spring, and the seedlings planted in rich light soil and in the hottest part of the garden, as soon as danger from frost is over.

Arctotis Leptorhiza

Arctotis Leptorhiza - A showy annual, with rich orange flowers, as is also A. breviscapa, which likes a sunny position. The seeds may be sown in the open air, the plant being treated as a hardy annual. A sunny spot should be chosen, and the seedlings well thinned.—K.