Daisies are beautiful flowers. Simple, very common, but with incredible beauty. In addition, many of us who are adults today used to take them, and we would innocently remove the petals one by one to know if our love or affection was reciprocated.
But when it comes to designing a garden or embellishing a balcony, you may want to have a variety of flowers. If you like these a lot, feel free to include them in the design, but Did you know that there are many daisy-like flowers?
The flowers that most resemble those of daisies are those that are produced by species that share genetics with them.; that is to say, asteraceae or compound. They are a very, very numerous family, the largest of the Angiosperms, since it includes almost 33 thousand species or varieties that are divided into about 1911 genera. Therefore, finding your favorites can be either very easy, or on the contrary very difficult, as there are many that are very beautiful, like these:
Aster (aster alpinus)
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El aster it is a perennial herb that can grow upright or hanging, and is about 20-30 centimeters tall. The flowers are small, no more than 5 centimeters in diameter, but a pretty blue-purple color. In addition, it must be said that due to its origin it resists frost very well.
Georgia Aster (Symphyotrichum georgianum)
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The Georgia Aster it is a perennial herb that develops woody stems with a height of up to 1 meter. Over time it forms dense and robust groups, so it is highly recommended to delimit paths for example, or for a rockery. Its flowers are 5-6 centimeters in diameter, and are blue-violet in color.
Dimorphotheca (Dimorphotheca ecklonis)
La dimorphotheque it is a perennial herbaceous plant which is also known as Cape daisy or polar star. Reaches a height of up to 1 meter, and reaches an extension of 1-2 meters. The stems can be erect, but the normal thing is that there are many others that grow horizontally. Its flowers are very similar to those of daisies, being able to measure 5-6 centimeters in diameter and be of very different colors, such as white, red, orange, or purple.
Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)
All the purple echinaceae They are, from our point of view, some of the most beautiful of the entire genre. They are lively herbs, which means they live for a few years, and can be around 1 meter tall. The flowers are quite large, about 5-7 centimeters in diameter, and are usually purple in color although they can be white or reddish depending on the cultivar.
Gazania (Gazania freezes)
La gazania it is a perennial or perennial herb that is up to 30 centimeters tall, and its flowers around 4-5 centimeters in diameter. These are very curious, since they open only when the sun hits them; that is to say, that the cloudy days remain closed. They can also be red, yellow, white, orange or bicolor.
Gerberas (Gerbera x hybrida)
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La gerbera it is a lively herb that reaches a height of 30-35 centimeters. It forms a rosette of green leaves, and from its center sprouts one or more flower stalks from whose end the flowers emerge. These can be of different colors (red, yellow, orange, pink), and have a size of about 4 centimeters in diameter.
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
El sunflower It is the short-lived herbaceous plant - it only lasts a few months - from which the pipes are extracted towards the end of the summer. Depending on the variety, its stems can grow up to 1 meter high, and its yellow flowers about 20 centimeters in diameter. These sprout during the summer, and remain open for several weeks. Then, its petals wither as the fruits, that is, the pipes, finish maturing.
Rudbeckia (two-tone rudbeckia)
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Rudbeckia it is a perennial herb that can reach a height of up to 1,6 meters. Its stems grow straight upwards, and it produces flowers of about 6 centimeters in diameter whose petals are half yellow or orange and half reddish or a little darker in color, hence its last name is bicolor. Like the Echinaceae, it is perfect for planting on both sides of a path, or in a planter.
Senecio glaucus
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The plant whose scientific name is Senecio glaucus is an annual herb that develops stems up to 25 centimeters tall, with a more or less erect bearing. The flowers are yellow and small, since they do not measure more than about 4 centimeters. Even so, it is very interesting since they are produced in large numbers.
Verbesine (verbesina alternifolia)
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Verbesin, also known as yellow iron grass, is a perennial herb that develops erect stems up to 1 meter tall. It produces flowers at the end of the stems, which are gathered in somewhat branched inflorescences. They are yellow in color, and are approximately 4-5 centimeters in diameter.
Which of these daisy-like flowers did you like the most?