New varieties, aggressive marketing or clever breeding are encouraging UK gardeners to grow Gerberas outdoors. The two photographs below are of plants on sale at a local garden centre.
Beware these outdoor Gerberas do not produce flowers as big or robust as the charming florists varieties of Gerbera. Global warming may help but a sheltered sunny spot will have to do for the time being.

This is a nice red Gerbera but the flowers are only about an inch across. I think these plants are being marketed as Gerbera Garvinea or ‘Forever Daisies’. As regular readers will know I think any plant that needs ‘marketing’ is very suspect.

The golden coloured flower was bigger than its red cousin but still looked smaller than traditional Gerbera flowers. Traditionally these would be Gerbera jamesonii and Gerbera viridifolia or a cross between.

If you still wish to try your green fingers with outdoor Gerbera Thompson & Morgan supply plants