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Cultivation => Cultivation Problems => Topic started by: Palustris on September 02, 2013, 05:49:39 PM

Title: Senecio polyodon
Post by: Palustris on September 02, 2013, 05:49:39 PM

Anyone grown this South African Daisy? Don't want to plant it out in case it is a thug. TIA.

Title: Re: Senecio polyodon
Post by: David Pilling on September 02, 2013, 06:02:09 PM

Yep grown it - OK, certainly didn't take over. Didn't feel inclined to grow it again. But of course that is my experience here, might be different elsewhere.

Title: Re: Senecio polyodon
Post by: Hoy on September 02, 2013, 09:39:02 PM

Neither did it take over here although each plant grew very big and suffocated the neighbours. The stems were lax and very long but the flowers were showy. It was a shortlived perennial.

Title: Re: Senecio polyodon
Post by: Margaret on September 03, 2013, 12:00:58 AM

Mine died. Afraid I put it a very dry spot and it couldn't cope.

Title: Re: Senecio polyodon
Post by: Lori S. on September 03, 2013, 03:40:12 AM

This is one of those amazingly hardy South African plants that has even managed to winter over here in zone 3... but unfortunately has never "taken over" nor even hung around long.  An interesting novelty, though!

Title: Re: Senecio polyodon
Post by: Palustris on September 03, 2013, 10:46:07 AM

Thanks folks. I will plant it out and see what happens.