Diascia personata 'Orange-flowered'
(Masked Twinspur)
Family - Scrophulariaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - 90cm
Width - 45cm
Location - The Hot Garden
Description: A semi-Evergreen herbaceous Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape with irregularly toothed margins and pointed tips. Cup-shaped flowers with flattened lobes are a shade of deep coral-orange. Each Bloom has a subtly deeper orange patch at the centre. The Blooms are densely held in upright Racemes and are produced from late spring into mid-autumn, or until hit by hard frosts.
Flower:
Cup-shaped flowers with flattened lobes are a deep shade of coral-orange. Each bloom has a deeper orange patch 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: Orange
Flower shape: Cup-shaped flowers in racemes
Flowering time: May, June, July, August, September, October
Foliage:
Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape with irregularly Dentate margins and pointed tips. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Semi-evergreen
Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in a sheltered position in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.