How to Grow Gloriosa Daisy Flower

About Growing Gloriosa Daisy Flower Plant in Your Home Garden

If you do not know much about this plant, we’ve got news for you. Perennial Gloriosa Daisy plants are not daisies. They are Black-Eyed Susans, which have a daisy-like flower and appearance. These plants are biennials or short-lived perennials. Use this guide on “How to grow Gloriosa Daisy Flowers” to learn how to grow them. Then, get growing!

Native to North America, easy to grow Gloriosa Daisies are great, natural wildflowers. They look great in masses and have become very popular in home flower gardens. This perennial requires little attention to produce colorful a profusion of attractive, colorful flowers.

Almost everyone knows this easy-to-grow American wildflower. The attractive flowers have double and semi-double blooms. Colors are yellow, gold and rust, with a dark brown center.

All varieties of Black-Eyed Susans are great cut for bouquets or vases.

Gloriosa Daisies look great almost anywhere. Grow them in natural settings, as borders, or in masses. You can grow them in flowerpots on your patio or deck. However, if you do, grow them as an annual.

Gloriosa Daisies, like other Black-Eyed Susan flowers, attract butterflies.

Gloriosa Daisy Plant Specifications

Flower Colors: Yellow, gold, and rust with a dark brown center.

Flowers Bloom: Summer.

Plant Height: 24″ – 36″.

Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade.

Ideal Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.5.

Hardiness Zone: 5 – 9.

Toxicity: Non-toxic.

Deer and Rabbit Resistant: No

Native To: North America

Plant Type: Biennials and short-lived perennials.

Botanical Name: Rudbeckia Hirta

Are Gloriosa Daisies Edible?

YES!!

If you are in your garden looking at your gloriosa daisies, you just might begin to get a little hungry as you look at the plants. The petals and leaves of Gloriosa Daisies are edible. For the best flavor, pick the flowers when they have just opened. Note: It is recommended that you consume them in moderation.

Here are some ways they are eaten:

Use them fresh in salads.
Make Daisy butter.
Try daisies in tea.
Daisies are great as a garnish. It really brightens up a dish.
Flavor honey.
Experiment and try it with other recipes.

Medicinal Applications for Gloriosa Daisies

In addition to being edible, they are healthy for you, too. They contain antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Ancient cultures have sued them medicinally for thousands of years. Herbalists have many uses for them.

Here are some of them:

Use it to treat infertility.
Ease gout.
Treat open wounds. It is a treatment for cancer and smallpox.
Treat sexually transmitted diseases.
Coughs and colds.

Light Requirements

Grow Gloriosa Daisies in full sunlight. Give them 7 – 8 hours or more of full, direct sunlight.

They will tolerate light or partial shade. However, less sun can result in lankier stems along with fewer, smaller a, and less colorful blooms.

Perennial Gloriosa Daisy Flower Plant Propagation

Gloriosa Daisies are grown from seed. If started early in the spring, you may get blooms the first year. Plant seeds directly into your flower garden, as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring. Or, plant them in summer or fall, for flowers next year.

First, sow seeds 1/8 inch deep and cover them with light garden or seed-starting soil. Next, water them lightly. Finally, keep the soil moist, not wet while the seeds germinate.

You can start plants indoors, 6-8 weeks before the last frost date for your area.

The plants grow 2-3 feet tall on long stems. If grown in flower gardens, space 1 to 1/12 feet apart.

Days to Germinate: 7 – 14 days.

Plants are also be propagated, division. Dig up plants, separate them into clumps, and re-plant the clumps.

How to Grow Gloriosa Daisy Flower Plant

Gloriosa Daisy plants are easy to grow. The plants like full sun. They do well in average soils. However, it should be well-draining. If you are planting them in poor soil, mix in plenty of compost, before planting.

The plant also tolerates dry soil conditions. While you do not need to water or fertilize Gloriosa plants, a little extra love and care result in more and bigger blooms.

Keep plants well weeded when young. Established will grow in thick clumps, and will not need weeding.

Established plants grow well unattended.

Separate the clumps after a few years, or the plants will crowd each other out, resulting in smaller plants and flowers.

Extend the blooming period, by deadheading, spent blooms. After flowers have died, pinch off the dead flower heads to promote new blooms. Also, deadheading helps to keep a neat and tidy appearance. Of course, if you are going to save seeds for next year, keep a few spent flowers on the plant until the dead bloom has completely dried.

Pruning Perennial Gloriosa Daisies

Usually, gloriosa daisy plants do not need much pruning. Remove any dead or diseased leaves, stems, and blooms. If the plants are growing together too thickly, you can thin them out a little. In addition to making a neater appearance, it increases air circulation, which helps to minimize plant disease.

After the flowers have died off, cut them off where the flower stem meets the main plant stem. Deadheading spent blooms rewards you with new flowers later in the season.

Insects and Plant Disease

Gloriosa Daisies are resistant to insects and disease. If insect or disease problems occur, treat early with organic or chemical insect repellents and fungicide.

Also see: Plant Problems – Identify the causes and find the cures.

Overwintering Perennial Gloriosa Daisies

If yo have the time in the Fall, we recommend cutting the plant down to the ground. If not, you can do so in the spring, ideally before new growth begins in the spring.

Thep plants do not need layer of mulch over the roots during winter months.