Gazania rigens

Botanical Name: Gazania rigens

Common Name: Gazania

Family: Compositae

Type: Broad leaved perennial shrub

Origin/Habitat: South Africa

Leaf Character: Alternate simple 3.5"  basal rosettes, lanceolate to linear

Flower Type: ray flowers that close at night

Color: yellow- orange

Period: April to june

Fruit: Villous Achene

Bark:

Exposure: Full Sun

Water: Infrequent but thorough

Remarks: Outstanding for its flowers and foliage, used as ground cover, climber, for erosion control and in containers 

Felicia amelloides

Botanical Name: Felicia amelloides

Common Name: Blue Daisy 

Family: Compositae

Type: Broad leaved Shrub, perennial

Origin/Habitat: South Africa

Leaf Character: Opposite, simple, 1/4", sessile to subsessile, oblong or obovate, aromatic

Flower Type: Solitary 1.25" 

Color: Ray-blue

Period: Summer or all year

Fruit: Achene- glabrous

Bark:

Exposure: Full Sun

Water: Infrequent but thorough

Remarks: Outstanding flowers and foliage, usend in containers or as background, border, for its color and quick effect 

Euryops pectinatus

Botanical Name:  Euryops pectinatus

Common Name: Gray leaved Euryops

Family: Compositae

Type: Broad leaved, evergreen shrub

Origin/Habitat: South Africa

Leaf Character: Alternate simple, linear to lanceolate, 3"

Flower Type: Solitary 2" daisy like, 12-14 ray flowers 

Color: Yellow

Period: February to Jun

Fruit: Achene

Bark:

Exposure: Full Sun

Water:

Remarks: Outstanding flowers and foliage, used as hedge, specimen, in containers, border, background and foundation

Centaurea cyanus

Botanical Name: Centaurea cyanus
Common Name: Bachelor's Buttom
Family: Compositae
Type: Broad leaved, annual 
Origin/Habitat: Europe, Asia
Leaf Character:  Opposite, simple, 2-3" 
Flower Type: Solitary heads, 1.5" 
Color: blue and also pink, rose, white
Period: Spring and summer
Fruit: Achene
Bark:
Exposure: Partial shade or sun near the coast
Water:
Remarks: outstanding for its flowers and foliage

Centaurea cineraria

Botanical Name:   Centaurea cineraria
Common Name: Dusty Miller
Family: Compositae
Type: Broad leaved perennial
Origin/Habitat: Europe
Leaf Character: Alternate simple, strap shaped, mostly in a basal clump 1"
Flower Type:  solitary head 1' daisy like but rays reduced to bristles
Color: purple or yellow
Period: summer
Fruit: achene 
Bark:
Exposure: full sun 
Water:
Remarks: outstanding foliage used as specimen and containers 

Calendula officinalis

Botanical Name: Calendula officinalis
Common Name: Calendula, Pot Marigold
Family: Compositae
Type: Broad leaved, evergreen shrub 
Origin/Habitat: South Europe
Leaf Character: Alternate, simple 1-2" oblong to ovate, slightly sticky, aromatic, gray-green
Flower Type: Solitary heads, 4" ray flowers that close at night, edibles
Color:  from pale yellow to  deep orange
Period: fall and spring
Fruit: achene, pappus absent
Bark:
Exposure: full sun
Water: 
Remarks: outstanding for its flowers and foliage, used in containers, as a border, parking strip, for cut flowers and herbal creams 

Bellis Perennis

Botanical Name: Bellis perennis
Common Name: English Daisy
Family: Compositae
Type: Broad leaved, perennial
Origin/Habitat: Europe, Asia
Leaf Character: Whorl, simple basal rosettes, spatulate to obovate, 1-2", margin entire or crenately toothed
Flower Type: double flowers, inflorescence is solitary 
Color: ray-white to red
Period: spring and summer
Fruit:
Bark:
Exposure: Full sun near coast line, partial shade inland
Water: frequent 
Remarks: Outstanding for its flowers and foliage, used as ground cover or in containers, as edging on in beds