FoliageGerbera Daisy
Gerbera jamesonii
Gerbera Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) is a medium-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 8-10, that matures to about 1-1.5 ft × 0.8-1 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained soil. Expect yellow, orange and red blooms in fall and summer. It attracts bees and butterflies, stands up well to deer, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 8-10
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 1-1.5 ft × 0.8-1 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Orange, Red
- Bloom season
- Fall, Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
- Tough against
- Deer
- Native to
- Southern Africa, Swaziland
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Gerbera Daisy is hardy to about 10°F (estimated from USDA zone 8), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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