This is a perennial and now it has finished flowering. Do I need to cut it back as the leaves are still green, but it looks a bit straggly. If I need to do this, when is the best time. Everyone has been so helpful in the past. Thank you.
I would only deadhead it and then leave it. Many osteospermums aren't hardy, and the less hardy ones will only manage if you're in a very mild, or sheltered location. If that's the case, you may need to lift it [if it's in the ground] and bring it inside - a frost free greenhouse or a porch or similar.
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Not one I know @punkdoc, so I thought it might not be hardy. I had a look and they do look nice though. I see the RHS has it at no 3 for hardiness levels. No use for you or me then
You could take cuttings @macfall, and overwinter those indoors to give you plenty of plants for next year.
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@macfall Their is a purplish pink Osteospermum that is hardy, it has been growing in a raised bed locally for a long time. I have been aware of it probably twenty plus years before the introduction of all the different colours. The flower colour might be an indication of it's hardiness. I have never known it's full name it scrambles about and can make 3ft in a season if happy. However I doubt it would have a name like O Sennen Sunrise it does sound like a later introduction. I would take the advice given above and if anyone can help with a name for the old variety I would like to know I would think it has a latin name.
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I think the one you're thinking of might be "Stardust" @GardenerSuze. It was introduced in the 1990s if memory serves me right. I used to have several plants and they were pretty tough, all things considered.
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@AnniD Thankyou that looks very much like the plant I am referring to and yes I would say that they are pretty tough.
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Yes - there's one that's pretty hardy in most areas. Couldn't have told you the name of it, but I certainly had one at some point. I expect the one @AnniD mentions is it though. I probably just bought it because I liked the look of it at the time Of course, it may have been another of the less hardy ones, and I'd have wondered why it didn't survive!
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Many osteospermums aren't hardy, and the less hardy ones will only manage if you're in a very mild, or sheltered location. If that's the case, you may need to lift it [if it's in the ground] and bring it inside - a frost free greenhouse or a porch or similar.
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I had a look and they do look nice though. I see the RHS has it at no 3 for hardiness levels. No use for you or me then
You could take cuttings @macfall, and overwinter those indoors to give you plenty of plants for next year.
However I doubt it would have a name like O Sennen Sunrise it does sound like a later introduction. I would take the advice given above and if anyone can help with a name for the old variety I would like to know I would think it has a latin name.
Of course, it may have been another of the less hardy ones, and I'd have wondered why it didn't survive!