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Blue daisy Plant Care
Felicia heterophylla (Cass.) Grau
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Felicia heterophylla is a roughly hairy annual plant in the family Asteraceae. It has alternate leaves of 1–5 cm long with an entire margin or few inconspicuous teeth. The flower heads are set individually at the tip of its stems, and contain a whorl of purplish blue ray florets around a center of blackish blue disk florets. Flower heads appear in winter and spring. It is called true-blue daisy in English and bloublomastertjie in Afrikaans. It is an endemic species that only occurs in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Full sun to partial shade
At a glance
How do you care for Blue daisy?
Blue daisy grows best in full sun to partial shade.
What Is the Blue daisy?
Blue daisy (Felicia heterophylla) belongs to the Asteraceae family within the Felicia genus. Blue daisy is also known as Felicia, Charieis heterophylla.
Blue daisy displays a low mounding perennial growth habit, reaching up to tall with a spread of approximately . Blue daisy produces daisy-like flowers in shades of blue, white, or purple.
What Light Does the Blue daisy Need?
Blue daisy thrives in full sun to partial shade.
Light Requirement
Full sun to partial shade
What Soil Mix Works Best for a Blue daisy?
Well-draining sandy soil with added compost for nutrients. Good drainage is essential for Blue daisy to prevent waterlogging, which leads to root rot and fungal issues.
How Do You Repot a Blue daisy?
Repot every 1-2 years in spring. Choose a pot one size larger than the current container, and ensure it has drainage holes to allow excess water to escape.
How Do You Propagate a Blue daisy?
Blue daisy can be propagated through seeds, stem cuttings. Similar propagation techniques also apply to journal of south african botany plant care, which shares the same genus.
Is the Blue daisy Toxic to Pets and Children?
Pet safety not verified
The ASPCA does not list Blue daisy, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Keep pets from chewing it as a precaution.
This is a general caution, not veterinary or medical advice. If your pet ate a plant, contact your vet or animal poison control.
See all plants toxic to cats and plants toxic to dogs.
What Pests and Diseases Affect the Blue daisy?
Blue daisy is susceptible to aphids, spider mites, whiteflies. Inspect the foliage regularly, especially along leaf undersides and stems. Treat infestations promptly with insecticidal soap or neem oil to prevent spread.
Yellow leaves, brown tips or drooping? See common plant problems and how to fix them.
Keep exploring plants
Blue daisy is one of many species covered in the complete plant care and identification guide, which groups plants by genus, attribute, and popularity.
It belongs to the Felicia genus — compare its care with other Felicia species on PlantoScan.
Felicia is part of the Asteraceae plant family — browse all Asteraceae genera and species.
Blue daisy thrives in bright light and direct sun — see other bright-light plants.
More Felicia Species
Other Felicia species in PlantoScan's care catalogue share similar watering, light, and soil preferences:
Sources
- Scientific name & taxonomy: Felicia heterophylla (Cass.) Grau, family Asteraceae (first published in Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 9: 558 (1973)) — World Flora Online record, IPNI name record.
- Pet toxicity: Pet safety not verified: the ASPCA does not list Blue daisy, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Checked against the ASPCA plant list; any other toxicity note on this page comes from PlantoScan's plant database.
- Photo: Andrew massyn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons — original.
- Care values(watering, light, temperature, humidity, soil, fertilizing): PlantoScan's plant database, filtered by automatic plausibility checks — values that fail them are hidden. How we source and check plant data.
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