Flowers in spite of the ice.

Hiya margi, Just adding I like the name of your Dog Lola that´s a nice name have you got a Photo of her? Hope the cold eases up a bit so you can get out and take those pictures you want to take. Lola seems very playful I love Dogs like that. The most recent thing I saw about Chile had lot´s of flowers in it at the start whether they are wild or not I don´t know either but they were beautiful to look at.

Gazanias are not native flowers from Chile but they grow easily in our climate. They are not wild flowers though. As for Lola, I do have pictures of her as she is always begging me to take a picture of her when I´m doing something else.. I´ll post one for you.

Hiya margi, Okay thanks I love photos of animals no matter what they are. I still love that name Lola for a Dog I don´t know of anyone here who calls their Dog that. They have lot´s of names like Anastasia (grin) Barbara another grin. Harry Potter and William Wallace are the most funniest names I have ever heard of for a Dog here. Parrots here have funny names too lol. As for the flowers they are really nice they a South African annual flower that bloom in quite a few colours they like long hot summers but can survive tough climates but not too cold either. The flower buds close on dull sunless days? Sound a bit like the Sunflower except that the Sunflower is always open and facing the Sun wherever it is we have fields and fields of them this year all over the place they are a glory to behold. I have just looked up about Gazanias by the way the Sunflowers I go past them most Days I am trying to get a close up photo of a Sunflower but they are always facing the other way (grin) they turn their backs on me laugh ha ha. Never mind I love Sunflowers big and beautiful and full of colour. In England the flower Nurseries are always full of beautiful flowers here I never see one I don´t get it. I suppose the import more flowers than what they grow that must be the answer but with such a good climate you would think that they would have loads of flowers. Gazanias are really beautiful to look at I have just been looking at the photos too. By the way I had an Alsatian ages ago and he was lovely not just lovely amazing I called him Tom but I had to give him to a Family in the Countryside as he is a working dog and needs lots of space he was very happy with them and they were very happy with him and he was always full of fun and playful. I loved him to bits.

In what part of the United Stares do you live? You could check via web if they can be grown in your location. We have hot dry Summers where I live. We never have snow though. These plants are the kind that they almost grow without taking care of them.

Texas, hot, humid sometimes dry summers and generally mild winters with what we call 3 day winters... cold 3 days than nice for a week or so, not last winter, but generally

Gazanias would grow beautifully in Texas. Check if you can find them. I have planted seedlings and seeds and the grow. They are not even troublesome about the soil. They have lots of beautiful colours.

I gave up on lawn years ago. I cut and water the weeds in Spring through Summer and I don´t mind if I forget: they won´t die. But I do like to make flower beds. Flowers make me happy. So I plant hardy flowers and hope weeds won´t take over. Gazanias give a big fight. They don´t die but I have to take them out ever 2 years, help out by weeding and putting them back.

I´m only handing back what I have recieved here, friend. When I started in mylot, I hardly knew a thing about your country. I had yo go and look it up in a map. Now I saw an an entire ver bad movie only because the location was in Phillipines and I could understand better where my friends lives.

I am absolutly sure you can get gazanias in California and they are the easiest beautiful plants to have. California has a climate that is very similar to the middle part of Chile where I live. The only thing I know we don´t have is rattlesnakes. We do have mice though, but not inside the house. HUG!

Hi friend, This flower is native of South Africa (as so many beautiful flowers) but can be grown easily in a place where there are no extreme wheather conditions. Take care!

It´s very cold now. We always have cold Winter (no snow but cold rain) but this year it has been colder. There´s a cold wave that comes from the South Pole. I wish I could go on a vacation!