About
Brachyscome multifida 'Blue Haze' is a versatile half-hardy perennial often treated as an annual. It features a mounding or slightly spreading growth form, making it suitable for a variety of uses. This plant works well in summer bedding arrangements, as well as in patio and balcony displays. It's also ideal for containers, window boxes, and hanging baskets, and can serve as a low-growing option in sunny rock gardens or to cascade over walls. Once established, this resilient 'rock daisy' flourishes in dry, rocky, or shallow soils. It produces pale powder blue flowers with yellow centers that deepen to golden-brown as they mature. Blooming profusely from summer into autumn, it may continue to flower into winter in protected areas if regularly dead-headed. The plant is complemented by fine, deeply-divided mid-green leaves that enhance its overall appeal.
About the genus
Brachyscome includes annuals, deciduous, and evergreen perennials, characterized by their finely dissected foliage and daisy-like flower heads. These plants typically display rays in shades of purple, blue, or white, accompanied by yellow or purple disk florets, blooming for extended durations.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bedding, Conservatory Greenhouse
- Habit
- Spreading branched, Trailing
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1 year
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Hanging basket, Mediterranean climate plants, Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow on in warm frost free conditions. Acclimatise plants before planting outside in early summer. Pinch out growing points while the plants are small to encourage branching and more stems. Regular pinching will create a well balanced compact plant that is perfect for container cultivation. Will grow in any well drained soil in sun.
- Pruning
- Pinch out growing tips regularly when young for a well-balanced and well-branched plant. Trim off the spent flowers after the first early summer flush, to encourage repeat flowering. Careful and regular dead-heading can prolong the flowering display well into autumn.
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free