A Daisy Thing Happening

Gerber or Gerbera Daisy, also known as "African daisy" is a genus of ornamental plants from the sunflower family.

This is one of several Gerber Daisy's plants of ours that we've wintered over in the basement. This particular one has been with us for many, many years and typically flowers throughout the spring and summer. It's been in the same pot and the same soil since day one. We fertilize it but I'm reluctant to do much else with it, i.e. re-pot in a larger pot, because it does so well.

We brought it upstairs to the kitchen a couple weeks ago where it's much warmer and sunnier. You can see how she's responded - she's rewarded us with a couple of stunning end-of-winter flowers.