Diascia personata
(Masked Twinspur)
Family - Scrophulariaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - South Africa
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - 90cm
Width - 45cm
Location - The House Border, The Terrace
Description: A semi-Evergreen herbaceous Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Mid-green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. Cup-shaped flowers with flattened faces open deep, dusky pink and turn to a soft shade of pale pink with age. Each Bloom has a deep pink to purple spot at the centre. The flowers are held in dense Racemes on upright stems and are produced over a long period from late spring until mid-autumn, or until hit by hard frosts.
Flower:
Cup-shaped flowers with flattened lobes open deep, dusky pink and turn to soft pale pink as the flower develops. Each bloom has a deep pink to purple spot at the centre. The blooms are densely held in upright racemes and are produced from May into October, or until hit by hard frosts.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Cup-shaped flowers in racemes
Flowering time: May, June, July, August, September, October
Foliage:
Mid-green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape with pointed tips. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Semi-evergreen
Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in a sheltered position in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.