Brachyscome 'Supreme Pink' (Native Daisy)

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Plant description

Brachyscome 'Supreme Pink is a compact mounding habit with masses of dark pink daisy flowers for most of the year. This beautiful native daisy deserves a place in every flower garden, for its adaptable nature and gentle prettiness. Use it as a border plant for garden beds, as a feature plant for rockeries or as a potted plant for balconies and decks. Trim it back after each flush of flowers finishes. Good in cool temperate to subtropical climates. Likes full sun to part shade.

Further reading: Top ten native plants and Best natives for pots and small gardens (articles written by native plant expert and horticulturalist Angus Stewart).

Additional plant information

Flowers

Flower colour: Dark pink
Flowering season: spring summer autumn

Plant size

Maximum height: 0.1 metres
Minimum height: 0.05 metres

Maximum width: 0.4 metres
Minimum width: 0.3 metres

Sunlight, frost & salt tolerance

This plant will tolerate full sunlight.
Light frost tolerance.
Plant is not salt tolerant.

Fauna attracting?

Yes. Attracts: insects.

Climate

This plant species will grow in the following climates: cool, temperate.

Soil types & conditions

Loam: dry, moist, well-drained.

Clay: dry, well-drained.

Sand: dry, moist, well-drained.

Soil pH: 5.5-6.5

Miscellaneous information

Native to: Australia.

Planting season: all year.

Types of fertiliser: general purpose.

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