Plant Profile

Felicia amelloides (Blue Daisy, Blue Marguerite)

Felicia amelloides is an evergreen perennial native to South Africa. It is admired for its special blue blooms. It is a dense groundcover with dark green leaves. It can be used as border plant, cut flowers, container, green walls, and rock garden.

Landscape Information
Botanical Description
Horticulture Management

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French Name: Pâquerette bleue

Arabic Name: نبات الفيليسيا

Pronunciation: fel-ISS-ee-uh am-el-OH-id-eez
Plant type: Groundcover
Origin: South African
Heat Zones: 1 to 10

Hardiness Zones: 9 to 13
Uses: Border Plant, Container, Cut Flowers / Arrangements, Green Wall, Rock Garden
Size/Shape

Growth Rate: Fast

Tree Shape: Round, oval

Canopy Symmetry: Irregular

Canopy Density: Dense

Canopy Texture: Medium

Height at Maturity: 0.5 to 1 m

Spread at Maturity: 0.5 to 1 meter

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By Salicyna (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Salicyna (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Stickpen (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

By Wouter Hagens (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Foliage

Leaf Arrangement : Opposite

Leaf Persistance: Evergreen

Leaf Type: Simple

Leaf Blade: Less than 5

Leaf Shape: Obovate

Leaf Margins: Entire

Leaf Texture: Smooth

Leaf Scent: Pleasant

Color(growing season): Green

Color(changing season): Green
Flower

Flower Showiness: Yes

Flower Size Range: 3 - 7

Flower Type: Capitulum

Flower Scent: No Fragance

Flower Color: Blue

Seasons: Summer, Fall
Trunk

Trunk has Crownshaft: No

Number of Trunks: Multi-Trunked

Trunk esthetic Values: Colored
Fruit

Fruit Type: Achene/Akene

Fruit Showiness: No

Fruit Color: Green, Brown

Seasons: Summer, Fall

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By Salicyna (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Salicyna (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Stickpen (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

By Wouter Hagens (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Tolerance

Frost Tolerant: Yes

Heat Tolerance: Yes

Drought Tolerance: Yes

Salt Tolerance: Good
Requirements

Soil Requirements: Loam

Soil Ph Requirements: Acidic, Neutral

Water Requirements: Moderate

Light Requirements: Full, Part
Management

Toxicity: No

Invasive Potential: No

Susceptibility to Pests and Diseases: No

Surface Rooting: No

Diseases: Root rot, Botrytis

Edible Parts: None

Pests: Mites, Aphids

Plant Propagation: Cutting