Diascia 'Belmore Beauty'
This particular plant was featured first in PLANTS magazine in 1997 - and it's still going strong today.
Diascia barberae (Twinspur)
Diascia barberae 'Apricot Queen' Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Thompson & Morgan Seedsmen, Inc.
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Diascia
A pretty group of herbs from S. Africa, allied to Alonsoa. The only kind in cultivation is D. Barbara, a neat annual 9 to 12 inches high, with square stems and small wedge-shaped leaves.
Diascia is a short lived, tender perennial that is usually grown as an annual. A relative of the snapdragon, Diascia is native to South Africa, where about 70 different species exist.
Barber's diascia, Diascia barberae
Begger's tick, Bidens laevis
Begonia, Angelwings, Begonia xargenteogutta ...
Hector's Hardy Diascia [English]: Diascia 'Hector's Hardy'
Hedda Kurzmann Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Hedda Kurzmann'
Hede-Nælde [Danish]: Urtica dioica
Hedelmaeananas [Finnish]: Ananas comosus ...
Diascia barberae (Twinspur)
Digitalis ferruginea (Rusty Foxglove)
Digitalis grandiflora (Yellow Foxglove)
Digitalis laevigata
Digitalis lanata (Grecian Foxglove)
Digitalis mertonensis (Foxglove)
Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove) ...
Thus pollination of some South African Orchidoideae-Coryciinae (e.g. Disperis) is by oil-collecting bees; the flowers have paired, pouch- or spur-like structures like those of another local oil plant, Diascia (Scrophulariaceae: Pauw 2006).
Dianthus elegans (Diascia vigilis)
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Bath's Pink'
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Karlic'
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Spotty'
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Tiny Rubies'
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Tiny Rubies'
Dianthus plumarius ...
Trailing white or lavender bacopa and the diminutive pink-flowered diascia provide beautiful filler for any planting.
Some tender perennials, such as cannas, begonias and Diascia can also be sown from seed indoors, but generally take two years to reach flowering size. Perennials live indefinitely, so a slow start pays off in the long run!
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Canna
Sweet pea ...
Easy to grow in full sun to light shade in well drained soil with periodic
summer water. Cut back the flowering stems if they lag during the summer months
to encourage continuous flowering. Grow with ACHILLEAS, ASTER, DIASCIAS,
NEPETA and SALVIAS.
 See also: Pink, Rose, May, Green, Grass
  
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