{"id":482,"date":"2024-02-20T04:30:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T04:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=482"},"modified":"2024-02-19T09:36:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T09:36:38","slug":"livingstone-daisy-mesembryanthemum-crinifolium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/livingstone-daisy-mesembryanthemum-crinifolium\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingstone Daisy Mesembryanthemum crinifolium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mess.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-481\" title=\"mess\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mess.jpg\" alt=\"Mesembrianthemum\" width=\"448\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mess.jpg 448w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mess-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The bright neon like colours of these daisies make every garden brighter. The ground hugging plants will spread about 4 inches then be covered in masses of flowers that close up slightly in the late afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Livingstone daisy by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/7608484788\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7280\/7608484788_ffb0b03762.jpg\" alt=\"Livingstone daisy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The leaves are narrow fleshy and have a crystaline texture that lead to another common name Ice plant.<\/li>\n<li>They are easy to grow as half hardy annuals from their very fine seed with a bit of warmth in April<\/li>\n<li>Self colours are now available in orange and yellow but the multi-coloured mixes are still the most common<\/li>\n<li>The genera of Mesembryanthemaceae embrace a wide range of succulent plants including Dorotheanus, Phyllobolus, Dactylopsis, Hereroa Psammophora, Lithops and Lapidaria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Livingstone daisy by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/7608481022\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8162\/7608481022_4ae69531f7.jpg\" alt=\"Livingstone daisy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grow from the fine gritty seed. Space the seed well. Plant in bold blocks for the best colour impact.<\/p>\n<h4>My Orange fleshy daisy<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/orange-mesembryanthemums\/attachment\/orange-mesembranthemums\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3612\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3612\" title=\"orange-mesembranthemums\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/orange-mesembranthemums.jpg\" alt=\"orange-mesembranthemums\" width=\"503\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/orange-mesembranthemums.jpg 423w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/orange-mesembranthemums-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Livingstone Daisy<\/strong>, Fig Marygolds or Mesembryanthemum crinifolium to give it a posh Latin name, is a bright multi coloured annual that has leaves like a succulent. Sometimes the vibrant colours are just too much of a good thing and I was please to find seeds were available in single Orange and Apricot colours. May be other ranges will soon follow.<\/p>\n<p>These<strong> Apricot Shimmer<\/strong> seeds were sown in late March in individual modules and planted out at the end of May. The seed was last years so I was unsure about germination rates but with so many seeds in one packet (2000+) there is no need for concern and each module has several seeds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mesembryanthemums <\/strong>can be tiresome to prick out so I donot bother, just nip out weak plants to get one per module. This makes them easy to plant out too. In summers gone-by my wife has spent hours individually separating and planting Mesembryanthemums. Inside a week the plants are a host of flowers and they look very good in a block of one colour.<\/p>\n<p>Now I have to find a colour that will contrast with them as they are quite in-your-face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gardeners Tips &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your time is more valuable than the price of a packet of seeds.<\/li>\n<li>You donot need 100% success rate from seeds your garden probably isnot big enough.<\/li>\n<li>A good big one beats several small ones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bright neon like colours of these daisies make every garden brighter. 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