I had the same question as I bought seeds of both this year. Here is what I found in my research Dimorphotheca aurantiaca is, as its common name implies, a daisy from South Africa. It grows to about a foot high, with coarse aromatic leaves, topped in summer by large daisies in shades of yellow, orange, salmon or white with a brown centre. It used to be included in the genus Osteospermum, and is sometimes referred to by that name. The name Dimorphotheca means that the plant produces two different types of seeds. Osteospermum is a genus belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower family (Asteraceae). It used to be part of the genus Dimorphoteca, but only the annual species remain in this genus. The perennials belong to Osteospermum. The genus Osteospermum is also closely related to the small genus Chrysanthemoides, such as C. incana and C. monilifera. Given my Washington DC winters, both of them will be annuals, so I don;t think the name change will make much difference to me.

I am looking for blue-eyed African daisies (AKA arcotsis venusta), for anything on my trade list. It's pretty much the only thing I am interested in at the moment. If there was something else you wanted to offer me, please wait till later in the season, when my list is complete. Thanks in advance, Yvette

I'm not sure about the privet, but Osteospermum is perhaps the plant most commonly called 'African Daisy' but I have heard that name applied to a few other plants. O. barberiae is hardy to at least 0F - I don't know of any Osteospermums hardier than that. The only other thing like that I can think of that might be hardy in Spokane is Gazania linearis 'Colorado Gold' which is from Africa and is hardy to about -20F. It should do well in Spokane with good drainage, but it is not cascading. For a cascading perennial, you might consider some of the low-growing Phlox species and varieties. I'm sure there are many other choices as well.

Hi Shaun, It is hard to say for sure. Were the pots big pots or little ones? If they were in little pots, they should of been re-potted to larger ones. It does sound like you've been overwatering and over fertilizing. When you moved the plants was the soil damp or dry? Plants can wilt from no water or too much, and it is really hot now(97! where do you live?) and either way the plants could of revolted in the heat. Too much water all the time can cause root rot and it is hard for the plants to recover if too much root has died. If it was not enough water, the plants will rebound fairly quick. I would definitely go easier on the fertilizer too. Columbines are for part shade. They only bloom once a year. They are perennials that should go in the ground. African daisy can be a perennial(in warm climates) or annual depending on which type of African daisy it is. All kinds of Afican daisies though are for full sun and well drained soil and they will bloom for very long time. Ok, I know you are new, but there are a few things you should know, I'm saying this to be helpful, not in a mean way. If you have a question not related to the original post, you should start a new thread, not post to the thread. Posting to a thread with an unrelated question is called hijacking. I answered your question because I was wondering why this old thread popped back up and decided to answer, but often times, no one will respond not realizing there is a new topic that needs answering, or sometimes people don't like to respond to hijackers. Also, in general you will get more responses quicker if you start your own thread. It is even better to post to the proper forum. I realize being new iot would be hard to guess which forum to do that in : ) Better forums to have posted to would of been either the Perennial or Annuals forum and of the two Perennials would of been better since it gets more traffic, but I know there's no way for you to know that, lol. Good luck with your plants, Remy